Thank you to the wonderful villagers in Supino and from Supino (now scattered across the globe) for your fine hospitality and your interest in My Father Came from Italy and in Summers in Supino: Becoming Italian.
I’m grateful to have Carolyn Swayze as my agent and my friend, and to work with Jack David and his talented team at ECW Press.
My thanks to early readers Maria Cioni, Janet Looker, and Kathryn McLean. And to Johnny and Suzy Paglia, who provided the Italian translations.
Most of all I wish to thank my children Rob, Ken, Carole, Paula, and Kathryn, and their partners and my grandchildren, especially Paige and Miguel, who shared the difficult days of Bob’s illness with me. Every family member contributed in their own way even though they are not mentioned individually in the book, and every one of them, including the newest grandson, Julian Robert, remain the most important blessings of my life, as they were of Bob’s.