ASIN: B005DCL1AS
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 207
It is early September, 2001. New York’s World Trade Center is no more. In Orlando, Florida, Victor Perantoni, now 89 years of age, sees that event as but a continuation of what began in 1914 – the First World War. But why?In his teens during the 1930’s, of Italian descent and living in Lwow, Poland, he and his brother work with their father, Carlo, at operating the family’s successful winery-pasta tavern, and managing their import-export business of distributing wine from Italy.But Hitler’s 1939 invasion of Poland changes all of that. When the Italian Consulate orders Italian nationals to leave Poland, the Perantonis are suddenly forced to leave their considerable wealth behind. Victor’s girlfriends will also be left behind as he flees to Switzerland to avoid the Italian fascist draft. Left too are his friends Andrẻ, Franki, and “Padre.” All of these persons will be scattered as they ...
