Lemon Blossoms

by Nina Romano

Overview

2016 Finalist for Romance, Foreword INDIE

Angelica Domenico is born in a blossoming lemon grove, a prophetic fusion of sweet bloom and bitter fruit on an island governed by volcanoes and earthquakes.

In the continuation of Nina Romano’s epic Wayfarer Trilogy, an early childhood accident propels Angelica to battle trials in a world where proof of virginity is paramount. She suff ers the trauma of her aunt’s death in childbirth and is catapulted on a voyage towards the nunnery to seek refuge from a fear of intimacy. Fate intervenes on the Feast of Crucifixion when Giacomo Scimenti enters the family shop, and Angelica feels herself rent by lightning the instant they come face to face.

Lemon Blossoms is the story of Angelica’s struggle in pursuit of feminine identity and heritage while coping with the intricacies of loss, love, and yearning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681621197
Publisher:	TURNER PUB CO
Publication date:	02/16/2016
Series:	Wayfarer Trilogy , #2
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Nina Romano earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Florida International University. She’s a world traveler and lover of history. She lived in Rome, Italy, for twenty years, and is fluent in Italian and Spanish. She authored a short story collection, The Other Side of the Gates, and has published five poetry collections and two poetry chapbooks. Her most recent poetry collection is Westward: Guided by Starfalls and Moonbows. Romano has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize. In America is the final book in the Wayfarer Trilogy from Turner Publishing following the 2016 Independent Publisher Book Award gold medal-winning The Secret Language of Women and Lemon Blossoms.

More about the author at: www.ninaromano.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Nina Romano knows that only what passes is of lasting value, that we are in danger of losing everything we need, including our histories, our families, our love, and ourselves. Her prose is luminous, lyrical, and passionate. Romano has what Nabokov called shamanstvo, the enchanter quality–she casts a spell and creates magic on the page. She carries you away to a more vivid and compelling world than the one you live in. Read her tales and remind yourself why you fell in love with books in the first place."—John Dufresne, author of Louisiana Power and Light; Deep in the Shade of Paradise; Love Warps the Mind a Little; Reqiuiem, Mass.; No Regrets, Coyote

From the Publisher

11/23/2015
Romano’s (The Secret Language of Women) ode to motherhood, set in late 19th-century Italy, is both beautifully detailed and maddeningly disjointed. This second book in her Wayfarer trilogy follows Angelica, the oldest daughter of a Sicilian family; she is the child of a prosperous farmer and a midwife. At 14, an accident during her aunt’s pregnancy sets Angelica on a path of self-discovery as she considers whether she should assume a traditional role within the family or give herself over to a convent. Told in vignettes beginning during Angelica’s childhood, the story chronicles her path to adulthood as seen through her eyes and those of her mother. Lovingly detailed scenes of the Italian countryside are, unfortunately, not enough to balance the slow-paced psychological wrangling and occasionally confusing succession of scenes. The rocky narrative stutters between the eloquently philosophical and the patently unbelievable. Emotional and poignant moments of discovery are frequently overshadowed by seemingly random leaps between narrators and an exaggerated focus on minor details. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly