A Bridge of Memories
The Connection of the New World to the Old World
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A month before I got married, I told my dad,” See dad, there is a God and He is punishing you by having an American son in law.” He was sitting at the dining table, reading his newspaper, and he answered that was not God but me doing this to him. A minute later, I asked him,” Dad, if I will have children, they will be American citizens, will you love them?” He did not answer, and his head went down closer to the paper. Few seconds later, he got up, went through the kitchen, down the stairs and in the street. My mom came in the dining room and asked with a nervous wondering tone what happened between me and dad. I asked her why and she answered that he had tears in his eyes. I smiled at her and told her,” It is fine, dad is going to love his American grandchildren.” My father never cried, and it was a sur-prise to both of us.
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In the summer of 1973, author Liliana M. Cellini left her home country of Italy at age twenty-two and immigrated to the United States. This shy, young woman would now have responsibilities—a marriage, a home, and the dream of a future family to take care of and nourish. The time passed quickly, and now there are the memories.
In A Bridge of Memories, she chronicles her life story, telling tales of the old world, her home country of Italy, of her atheist communist father and religious mother, and of her experiences in the United States, experiences that molded her into the person she is today. Cellini also shares her point of view on life, religion, politics, and news.
In this memoir, she brings the knowledge of her past to the new generation, her memories from her early age of four to the day when she left Italy, proclaiming her love for both countries.
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She brings the knowledge of her past to the new generation, her memories, from her early age of four to the day when she left Italy. Her love for both Countries. She tells of her personal experience with death and of others personal events that she never told before. Her personal belief against a communist and atheist father. The love for her religious mother, who related to her others unbelievable stories.