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Download or read book Love Letters to Poggioreale, Sicily written by Christine Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little girl in Chicago, Illinois and a little boy in Bryan, Texas grew up under the loving family influence of their Italian American ancestors who immigrated from a small town in Sicily. They were raised by the same kind of vibrant people, went to similar churches and said the same prayers. They heard the same lullabies and could sing the same songs, ate the same foods, and were steeped in their Sicilian-American culture. Little did they know that her grandfather and his great-grandfather were brothers who came to America but became separated when one stayed in the south and the other moved to the midwest. Their families lost touch until the cousins met in 2018.As Tina and Ross grew older and began researching their family trees, they met for the first time and uncovered a connection that was just waiting to be made. Exploring their mutual ancestral home, they discovered the little-known, fascinating history and many tales about Poggioreale, Sicily. It was a beautiful little town that was created in 1642, and whose ancient ruins stand today and beckoned to them from across the ocean. Their quest for knowledge about their family's home led them to the discovery of near-ancient texts written by a compelling priest who wrote about his birthplace in a first book in 1901, and a second in 1906.Father Nunzio Caronna was a favorite son of Poggioreale. He was a recognized scholar and an intellect. He became Archbishop (Arciprete) and was later bestowed the titles of Canon and Doctor ad honorem. He wrote many important books and papers. Early in his writing career, he wrote about what he clearly loved the most, his hometown of Poggioreale and its people. By commissioning a translation, Tina and Ross released his words and sentiments that had become buried in time. They can now share these historical pieces with English speaking descendants in America and beyond. And through the process, they found that they, too, were compelled to write their own Love Letters to Poggioreale.