The Saint of Lost Things: A Novel
- ISBN-10
- 1565124332
- ISBN-13
- 9781565124332
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 316
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005-01-01
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Author
- Christopher Castellani
Description
In a 1953 Italian neighborhood in Delaware, Maddalena Grasso, her husband Antonio, and Guilio Fabbri live in the shadows of St. Anthony's Church, where their prayers are heard and fate and circumstances intervene to answer them in unforeseeable ways.
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