Under the Light of the Italian Moon

De: Jennifer Anton

Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell

A promise keeps them apart until WWII threatens to destroy their love forever.

Fonzaso, Italy, between two wars.

Nina Argenta doesn’t want the traditional life of a rural Italian woman. The daughter of a strong-willed midwife, she is determined to define her own destiny. But when her brother emigrates to America, she promises her mother to never leave. When childhood friend Pietro Pante briefly returns to their mountain town, passion between them ignites while Mussolini forces political tensions to rise.

Just as their romance deepens, Pietro must leave again for work in the coal mines of America. Nina is torn between joining him and her commitment to Italy and her mother. As Mussolini’s Fascists throw the country into chaos and Hitler’s Nazis terrorize their town, each day becomes a struggle to survive greater atrocities. A future with Pietro seems impossible when they lose contact and Nina’s dreams of a life together are threatened by Nazi occupation and an enemy she must face alone.

©2022 Jennifer Anton (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

Touching Humanity

I loved the sweet humanity in this story! All the history and moving details of a different time.. really brings perspective to where we are today and what we have.

Great story

Interesting, heartbreaking and beautiful. Really nice story highly recommend reading it. Also liked the reader’s Italian pronunciations.

Italy revisited

so much of this book was reminiscent of my own grandparents who were separated after marriage when my Grandfather went to America to save and finally bring his family for a better life and opportunity in America. love the book.

Very emotional

Great story. Narrator was not bad, a little awkward at first getting used to accent switching. I wish more was written about the end of the book. It seemed like it was building up to more. Still good though.

Bravo!

An epic story spanning before and after WWII. Written from the perspective of many women with the overall theme of love, strength, faith as well as relationships between a mother and daughter(s).

Lovely love story

Ever since I married my husband whose mother was an Italian teenager during WWII, I have been devouring books about what it was like to live in Italy during the war. She passed away before we married, so I was never able to talk to her about her experiences. He son, my husband and her only child, was too afraid to ask too many questions. His father died in a post war accident shortly before he was born. The two of them moved to USA in 1955. What little he told me, intrigued me to read books like this.

Relatable for Italian American Descendants

Enjoyed the historical context. Characters and storyline was intriguing without being predictable. A sequel with later descendants of Lazia would make a fantastic follow-up.

Pleasant book

The story possibly could have gone more in depth, more vividly into some local cultures. At first I found the reader’s accent to be annoyingly wrong, but I eventually got used to it. I’m not sure about the boat leaving from Genoa, but many of the other boats came across with mostly people from the same region & country, rather than from many other countries.

brilliant

what a story. makes you realize how good we have it today. very inspiring

Beautiful story

I absolutely loved this book. I was emotionally carried through the ups and downs towards an amazing ending. Thank you for sharing your story. Wow!