When we were young

This book chronicles the life and times of a young man and a woman who established a family and network of immigrants after living worlds apart conquering their individual struggles for survival during a destructive war. It is a story of how by chance they came together and started a new life in the land of opportunity. It is an epic story of youth survival bravery and ancestry. It recalls the early years of a young boy and girl in Italy born into modest beginnings and who learned how to survive a war. It chronicles how this boy filled with youthful adventure evolved into a relentlessly hard-working and dedicated family man and how his untimely death impacted a loving family. It is filled with humor serendipity danger hope and love only to end in pain sorrow and new beginnings. It is a story of life and legacy.