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A richly imagined portrait of an immigrant woman in the heady and unpredictable first half of the twentieth century.Sweeping and panoramic, You Were There Before My Eyes is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village.When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises that await her and her young husband in Mr. Ford's factories. Determined to survive, and perhaps even thrive, young Jane finds herself navigating not just a new language and country, but a world poised upon the edge of economic and social revolution—and war. As Jane searches for inner fulfillment while building young family, the tide of history ebbs and flows.From the chaos of Ellis Island to the melting pot of industrial Detroit, You Were There Before My Eyes spills...

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Author

Maria Riva

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781504049122

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction