Faded Genes
eBook - ePub

Faded Genes

Searching for a Cure and Finding Home in Altamura, Italy

  1. 312 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Faded Genes

Searching for a Cure and Finding Home in Altamura, Italy

About this book

A 47-year-old Pittsburgh insurance man and his busted nightclub-singing friend go to Italy in the hopes of finding a bone marrow donor. Danny's life was mundanely ordinary. He sold insurance in the small neighborhood of Fineview overlooking Pittsburgh. His weekdays ended watching all-star wrestling with his mother, and his weekends were spent in bars with PatG, a broken-down crooner and Kevin, a professional drinker and a sage. Danny is diagnosed with a flash leukemia. There were no transplant matches and little hope. Danny's mother confesses that to avoid deportation, his biological father had taken off for Italy before he was born. Papà has no idea that he has a son. Danny heads off for southern Italy with PatG. PatG's Italian is worse than his voice. It all makes for a compelling situation in which cultural lines are drawn and broken.

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Information

Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781510778290
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Chapter 1: Hubble Rubble
  7. Chapter 2: It Could Never Happen to Me
  8. Chapter 3: Ma’s Confession
  9. Chapter 4: No Place But Italy
  10. Chapter 5: Welcome Home
  11. Chapter 6: Italian Wish
  12. Chapter 7: Blood Pulls
  13. Chapter 8: Turning Back
  14. Chapter 9: A Brother’s Courage
  15. Chapter 10: Mothers’ Universal Love
  16. Chapter 11: It’s a Family Affair
  17. Chapter 12: The Roots of Italian Culture
  18. Chapter 13: The Test
  19. Chapter 14: Whispered Secrets and Demands
  20. Chapter 15: Danny’s Wish
  21. Epilogue
  22. Faded Genes: A Screenplay
  23. Plates