{"product_id":"a-brooklyn-saga-stories-from-the-stoop-9781737186700","title":"A Brooklyn Saga: Stories from the Stoop","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor Carolyn Angiolillo grew up on the friendly, albeit at times mean streets of the Italian section of Brooklyn known as Williamsburg. The atmosphere there in the 1950s-60s-70s steeped in the aroma of home-cooked meals, fresh foods from neighborhood shops which included garlic for the palate, and listening to Caruso and other opera singers for the hearts and minds of the locals. \u003cem\u003eA Brooklyn Saga: Stories from the Stoop\u003c\/em\u003e traces the steps of Angie Carpello as she sits on her stoop and navigates her life amongst the Italian Mafia, the dichotomies of the Roman Catholic Church, and Old World Italian culture. Little does Angie know, that as she grows up playing stickball and games like Ringolevio and Johnny-on- the-Pony with neighborhood friends, that her life will dramatically change when she meets Wengchan Liang, a hitman from mainland China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAngiolillo and her co-author, biographer\/novelist Ronald Joseph Kule, create not only a deliciously accurate portrayal of the diversities of the Williamsburg Brooklyn of her early years but also with their wild imagination and devilish and cleverly intermingled characters, a tale of international intrigue and redemption that appeals to Brooklynites, big-city dwellers, and history buffs. Italian-Americans and their elders from the Old Country lend to this read may be as much as the rich heritage they inherited. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngiolillo, Carolyn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Carolyn Angiolillo was born and raised in Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York. A graduate of St. John's University in Queens, New York, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Studies and a Master of Arts degree in Government \u0026amp; Politics. Carolyn lives in Longboat Key, Florida. A Brooklyn Saga Stories from the Stoop is her first published novel.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKule, Ronald Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Acclaimed author, biographer, novelist, and ghostwriter Ronald Joseph Kule hails from Bogota, Colombia. His Polish-American father and Colombian-Chilean mother paint-brushed his life-canvas with wanderlust. Consequently, he came to appreciate many ethnic differences and similarities by spending time in more than 39 countries. Kule smiles and laughs easily but prefers to inspire happiness through his books. If you curl up with one of my books and find yourself breathless, provoked, inspired, changed, and feeling like you undertook an important, emotionally satisfying journey, I will have done my job as your author. - Ron Kule Living in Clearwater, Florida, Kule writes across several genres. For clients, his specialties are biography and historical fiction. His published titles consistently earn five stars on review.\"","brand":"Carolynbooks, L.L.C.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626157740306,"sku":"9781737186700","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d0776e07-983b-4836-be15-33cd2a8567b6.jpg?v=1732650379","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-brooklyn-saga-stories-from-the-stoop-9781737186700","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}