If You Eat You Never Die

<p>In a neighborhood on Chicago's outskirts Fabio and Lucia Comingo have built a new American life--and struggle to comprehend the influences that distract and change their restless young sons. Through this masterful evocation of a time and place Tony Romano the acclaimed author of <em>When the World Was Young</em> brings a first-generation Italian American family vividly and poignantly alive in closely related tales at once joyous heartbreaking and honest. Weaving two dozen stories into a stunning cohesive family history Romano gives readers hope for togetherness amid the painful generational cycle of loss and redemption--as children grow and learn and decide which treasures of cultural inheritance they will cherish.</p>