💛 “I was the first in our family born in America.... As I grew up in Braddock and then Forest Hills, I was aware that though we clearly had one foot here and one foot there, our family's Italy was slowly receding, and I felt an urgency to capture the details.” —Anna Monardo on her book, AFTER ITALY: A FAMILY MEMOIR OF ARRANGED MARRIAGE Did you catch our Made Local event with author Anna Monardo last week? Relive the magic—or watch for the first time—at youtube.com/PghArtsLectures ▶️ (And enjoy other past PA&L lectures while you’re at it!) Copies of AFTER ITALY are still available through whitewhalebks 📚 #AnnaMonardo #AfterItaly #myPALstory #Bookish #BookLove #Bookstagram #TBR #TBRlist #CurrentlyReading #ReadersOfInstagram #AuthorsOfInstagram #ThingsToDoInPittsburgh #WhatToDo412 #PittsburghLife