Malafemmena

Synopsis

What Louisa Ermelino Knows About The Heart Could Fill A Book And Has. The Unadorned Authenticity Of Her Prose Is So Powerful, It Gave Me Whiplash. I Readmalafemmenain One Sitting And Wanted More, More, More. The Writer's A Genius, Or An Alchemist, Or Maybe Both.--patricia Volk, Author Ofstuffedandshocked. Louisa Ermelino's Vibrant Stories Follow Women Living Dangerously At Home And Abroad, Whether In Italian-american Neighborhoods Or In The Countries--india, Turkey, Afghanistan--where They Seek To Escape The Circumstances Of Their Former Lives. At Home, They Break Ancient Italian Taboos And Fall Victim To Mobsters. Overseas, They Smoke Opium-laced Hashish And Sleep With Strange Men. Ermelino's Prose Is Vivid And Boisterous, And Her Characters Are Vital, Dynamic, And Wholly Memorable. Louisa Ermelinois The Author Of Three Previous Novels:joey Dee Gets Wise(kensington, 2004),the Black Madonna(simon & Schuster, Reprint, 2013), Andthe Sisters Mallone(simon & Schuster, Reprint, 2013). She Is Vice President And Reviews Directorat Publishers Weeklyin New York City.