Congratulations to NIAF Member Gail Reitano on her new book Italian Love Cake. A journey of feminist and political awakening during 1930s America, the book follows Marie Genovese who mourns the recent loss of her mother and struggles to manage the family’s failing Five & Ten, as well as her brother flirting with Fascism.

Isolated and uncertain, she draws on the wisdom and strength of Italian American women, turning to her ancestresses for the necessary ingredients to survive and thrive. In this Depression-era portrait of a first-generation Italian American woman, Genovese asserts her own mind and her sexuality on the way to achieving her economic dreams. Available at Barnes and Noble: https://bit.ly/3aMz6GW.