Amore : an American father's Roman holiday / Roger Friedland.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY : Harper Perennial, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xxiii, 400 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0062325582
- 9780062325587
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | NonFiction | 914.563 F911 | Available | 33111007921683 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
As his twin daughters approached adolescence, sociologist Roger Friedland was worried. The thing that most bothered him was not the erotic heat of its youth culture, but the lovelessness of its sex.
Offered the chance to live and teach in Rome, Roger and his wife, Debra, seized the opportunity to take their family to live in a city where love is alive, family bonds hold, divorce and rape are rare, and "ciao, bella" is a constant refrain.
In Amore, Friedland shares the stories of his family's enchanted and unnerving passage into the heart of Rome and considers its lessons for America where love is at risk.
Amore is a love story, a family's voyage between two states of feeling.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-400).
Moulin Rouge and me -- Walking Rome. Ciao, bella ; Imperfect beauty ; A walk in the park -- Family Rome. Swan's Way ; Angels in Rome ; Mamma mia ; The lips of Elvis ; Who stole Michelangelo's penis? -- Loving Rome. Reading Holden Caulfield in Rome ; I want to hold your hand ; Just pleasure ; Roma(nce) ; Love's bodies ; Flirting through life ; High fidelity -- Divine Rome. Altared states ; Sex, love, and God ; Hey God, is that you in my underpants? -- Leaving Rome. Arrivederci, Roma ; Birds of paradise ; Roman love lessons.