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Forty Years In A Day
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Dianne Vigorito

3.94 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions

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She Left Italy with Four Children and a Secret That Would Haunt Her Family for Decades

Hell's Kitchen, New York. 1900.

Imagine arriving in America with nothing but four small children, the clothes on your back, and a secret so heavy it could crush you.

That was Victoria.

She had survived years of torment at the hands of an alcoholic, abusive husband in Italy. When she finally made the desperate d

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The Sky Beneath Her

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Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

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