Dancing on Sunday Afternoons

"Based on her own family history, Cardillo's beautiful love story will be cherished." - Booklist. "Deeply touching and rich with period detail." - Romantic Times. The discovery of long hidden love letters leads 35-year-old Cara Serafini on a journey to understanding her formidable grandmother Giulia Fiorillo. Dancing on Sunday Afternoons is Giulia's story, unfolding from memories rekindled by the letters Cara reads aloud to her. Born in a mountain village in southern Italy, Giulia arrives in a rough New York immigrant neighborhood at the beginning of the twentieth century, forced from the comforts and constrictions of her family by the fierce drive of her mother. In America, Giulia faces an inhospitable culture, violence, shattering loss - and Paolo Serafini, the man who captured her heart and took her dancing on Sunday afternoons. As Cara discovers, it's a love that had never ended - and never will.