Soft as Iron

The Odds Were Against Vanna In This Poignant Novel Based On Real-Life Characters. Being Born Out-Of- Wedlock In Pre Wwii Religiously Conservative Italy Spurned By Her Maternal Grandmother And Sent To An Orphanage She Discovers Her Biological Father At Thirteen. Vanna Constrained By A Domineering Mother And A Manipulative Father Struggles Through The 1950S. Her Quest For Freedom And Happiness Drives Her Into An Abusive Marriage To Edgar A Venezuelan Engineer. However The Marriage Ends In A Bitter Divorce. Sustained By Her Indomitable Spirit Straightforward Personality And Resourcefulness Vanna A Single Mother Of Five Restart Her Life By Becoming A Successful Businesswoman And The Pillar Of The Community. Greedy Business Associates And Corrupt City Officials However Combine To Force Her To Start A New Chapter In Her Peripatetic Life. This Poignant Story Tells Of The Journey Of A Tenacious Survivor Vanna Through Three Continents From Pre Wwii Italy To The Americas. Her Indomitable Spirit Proves You Can Win Against All Odd.