📣 NEXT MONTH! Don’t miss the launch of local author Anna Monardo’s book AFTER ITALY: A FAMILY MEMOIR OF ARRANGED MARRIAGE on May 23 at 6 p.m. in the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall. AFTER ITALY is the story of two marriages undone by a dowry and the fallout from that rift on three generations of a Southern Italian family. Enlisting Calabrian folklore, epigenetics, and psychology, Monardo writes from both sides of the ocean, charting her grandfathers’ immigration to Braddock, a Pittsburgh steel town; her father’s wartime as a medical student in Naples; the family’s marriages—including her own—that were tainted by an Old World curse; and an unlikely path to international adoption. Join us for this free event by registering at pittsburglectures.org And watch past Made Local events on our YouTube! Find it at the link in our bio. You can pre-order AFTER ITALY from whitewhalebks, or pick up a copy at the lecture! This Made Local event is supported by the historycenter Italian American Pr...