Selected Works

Nonfiction
The Stone Boudoir; Travels Through the Hidden Villages of Sicily
A look at life in little-known mountain towns of the Sicilian hinterlands.
Mattanza; Love and Death in the Sea of Sicily
A true account of the last years of an ancient Sicilian giant bluefin tuna trap.

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I just found your response. Thanks for wring back. i look forward to your new book.

Thanks for writing, Mary Rose. Santa Ninfa is not far from Santa Margherita Belice, where my paternal grandparents came from. I have never been to Floridia. It is always great to hear from a reader. I AM working on a third book about Sicily.

I LOVED BOTH OF YOUR BOOKS. I AM SO SAD TO HEAR THAT THE FISHING HAS DIED OUT. I AM ALSO SECOND GENERATION SICILIAN. MY MOTHER'S FAMILY WAS FROM SANTA NINFA AND MY FATHER'S FROM FLORIDIA NEAR SIRAGUSA. I WAS IN SICILY IN 1978. WE STAYED WITH FRIENDS OF MY AUNT'S IN FLORIDIA AND NEEIGHBORING TOWNS.

I LOVED LOOKING AT YOUR BLOG. I HOPE YOU WILL WRITE ANOTHER BOOK.

THANK-YOU

MARY-ROSE ALASSO FITZGERALD

I enjoyed so much "The Stone Boudoir" and shall reread it again very soon.
Until your next piece of writing.......
Deirdre Cangialosi ( Geneva )

Theresa, your are a brilliant writer. Stone Boudoir both nourishes and eats at my soul. I will visit Sicily this September. "Stone" will be my guide and compass. I must look for the small things, the 'secrets', the gestures, the numerous signs of life and love that you expose. Found "Mattanza" and it arrived today. Yipee, can't wait to wade in it. Bruce from southern NM.

Terry Passannante, please write to me via the contact page so i know how to get in touch with you. I have been scanning the net to find you and you must have sensed that and done the same. I look forward to getting an e mail from you. Tego.


Il sordo-muto di Polizzi Generosa.
A gentleman in Polizzi who cannot speak but who nonetheless courts foreign women who come to town.

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