The Embrace of Hope: A Novel Based on the Life of Frank Capra

Friend you are a divine mingle-mangle of guts and stardust. So hang in there! If doors opened for me they can open for anyone.-Frank CapraCrossing the Atlantic Ocean was going to be the biggest adventure of Frank Capras life but the five-year-old Sicilian boys dreams were soon hobbled by the cramped steamships unsanitary conditions. Feverish and weak Frank suffered the seemingly endless nightmare through rolling seas torn from his family and frightened in the isolated sickbay.Emerging from the darkness into a new world Frank craned his neck to see the torch atop Lady Libertys reaching arm. Awestruck his heart swelled with a hope and gratitude that came to define his life and his work.Frank Capras movies celebrated the individuals power to define their own destiny through hard work and selflessness. Today It Happened One Night Its a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and other classics elicit nostalgia for an America that was and continue to inspire audiences with the deep-rooted sense of patriotism and optimism held by their creator.