The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna- Juliet Grames
‘If Stella Fortuna means ‘lucky star’, then life must have a funny sense of humour. No woman survives seven-or eight- deaths without a reason. So how did she?’
In a novel spanning nine decades of an Italian-American family, the beautiful, fierce Stella keeps cheating death. But superstition and family secrets have long shadows as we delve into the American immigrant experience. At times harrowing, this family saga is eminently readable and just that little bit strange
‘If Stella Fortuna means ‘lucky star’, then life must have a funny sense of humour. No woman survives seven-or eight- deaths without a reason. So how did she?’
In a novel spanning nine decades of an Italian-American family, the beautiful, fierce Stella keeps cheating death. But superstition and family secrets have long shadows as we delve into the American immigrant experience. At times harrowing, this family saga is eminently readable and just that little bit strange
‘If Stella Fortuna means ‘lucky star’, then life must have a funny sense of humour. No woman survives seven-or eight- deaths without a reason. So how did she?’
In a novel spanning nine decades of an Italian-American family, the beautiful, fierce Stella keeps cheating death. But superstition and family secrets have long shadows as we delve into the American immigrant experience. At times harrowing, this family saga is eminently readable and just that little bit strange