Eat Now; Talk Later: 52 True Tales of Family Feasting and the American Experience

Prepare yourself for a feast consumed in delicious bites. This collection of stories can be read before bed on a lunch hour or waiting in line. They can even be shared with friends who complain they have enough to read. Together they ask the question How do you make modern life run smoothly for parents or grandparents who grew up in an era when oxen were used for plowing children left school after third grade to tend chickens and meat was eaten only twice a year? When Tony and Desolina Vescovi arrived in America they collided with the 20th century. Born around 1900 they were stumped by telephones banks fast food TV wrestling and supermarkets. It was up to their only child a son to serve as their shepherd and it wasnt easy For example how to explain that his job was taking him and his family 700 miles away when in their day sons stayed put to work the family farm? Or that it wasnt wise to hide $10000 in the bedroom? Or that the ice cream they just tried and enjoyed is called Chubby Hubby? This collection of 52 bite-size stories offers a twist on the American immigrant tale and is a testament to love loyalty and frequent half-truths.