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You were there before my eyes : a novel

Riva, Maria (author.).

Summary: Sweeping and panoramic, this is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village. When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises await her and her young husband in Mr. Ford's factories. Determined to survive, and perhaps even thrive, young Jane finds herself navigating not just a new language and country, but a world poised upon the edge of economic and social revolution--and war. As [she] searches for inner fulfillment while building a young family, the tide of history ebbs and flows. From the chaos of Ellis Island to the melting pot of industrial Detroit, [this narrative] spills over with colorful characters and vivid period details. Riva paints an authentic portrait of immigrant America and poignantly captures the ever evolving nature of the American dream. -- amazon.com.

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  • ISBN: 9781681775074
  • ISBN: 1681775077
  • Physical Description: 420 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Subject: Immigrants -- Fiction
Italian Americans -- Fiction
Women -- Employment -- United States -- Fiction
Italian American women -- Employment -- Fiction
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Fiction
Genre: Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Castlegar Public Library FIC RIV (Text) 35146002098101 Fiction Volume hold Available -
Fort Nelson Public Library FIC RIV (Text) 35246000938298 Adult Fiction Volume hold Available -

  • Baker & Taylor
    A woman from a small, Italian village emigrates to America with her husband during the early part of the 20th century and must navigate a new language and country while dealing with the economic and social upheaval of an impending war.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Jane chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village. When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises await her and her young husband in Mr. Ford's factories. Determine to survive, and perhaps even thrive, Jane finds herself navigating not just a new language and country, but a world poised upon the edge of economic and social revolution-- and war.
  • Baker & Taylor
    An Italian woman emigrates to America with her husband during the early part of the twentieth century and must navigate a new language and country while dealing with the economic and social upheaval of an impending war.
  • Simon and Schuster
    A richly imagined portrait of an immigrant woman in the heady and unpredictable first half of the twentieth century.

    Sweeping and panoramic, You Were There Before My Eyes is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village. When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises that await her and her young husband in Mr. Ford’s factories.

    Determined to survive, and perhaps even thrive, young Jane finds herself navigating not just a new language and country, but a world poised upon the edge of economic and social revolution—and war. As Jane searches for inner fulfillment while building young family, the tide of history ebbs and flows. From the chaos of Ellis Island to the melting pot of industrial Detroit, You Were There Before My Eyes spills over with colorful characters and vivid period details. Maria Riva paints an authentic portrait of immigrant America and poignantly captures the ever evolving nature of the American dream.
  • Simon and Schuster
    A richly imagined portrait of an immigrant woman in the heady and unpredictable first half of the twentieth century.

    Sweeping and panoramic, You Were There Before My Eyes is the epic and intimate story of a young woman who chafes at the stifling routine and tradition of her small, turn-of-the-century Italian village. When an opportunity presents itself for her to emigrate to America, her hunger for escape compels her to leave everything behind for the gleaming promises that await her and her young husband in Mr. Ford's factories.

    Determined to survive, and perhaps even thrive, young Jane finds herself navigating not just a new language and country, but a world poised upon the edge of economic and social revolution'and war. As Jane searches for inner fulfillment while building young family, the tide of history ebbs and flows. From the chaos of Ellis Island to the melting pot of industrial Detroit, You Were There Before My Eyes spills over with colorful characters and vivid period details. Maria Riva paints an authentic portrait of immigrant America and poignantly captures the ever evolving nature of the American dream.
  • WW Norton
    A richly imagined portrait of an immigrant woman in the heady and unpredictable first half of the twentieth century.
  • WW Norton
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