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Lucille Bellucci

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Born

in Shanghai, China

Website

http://www.authorsden.com/lucillebellucci

Genre

Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

Influences

my background has provided much grist for writing in many genres.

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June 2012

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After exile by the Chinese communists I lived five years in Italy and then emigrated to the United States. From there I moved to Brazil with my husband, an engineer, where we stayed 15 years. I now live in California.

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Return of the Godfather by Mark Winegardner

Winegardner picks up on the original by Mario Puzo and carries on the characters' ugly, warped activities, only he delivers a compressed version of their lives. I don't recall thinking Puzo's story as ugly and warped; in the original he gave us a family and their development and there was some redeeming value in the narrative.

In "Return," I found the solemn induction ceremony hilarious. Grown men Read more of this blog post »

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Published on June 06, 2014 11:20 • Tags: corleone, godfather, induction-ritual, mafia, mario-puzo, saint-leolucas, winegardner

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Lucille Bellucci’s books

Average rating: 4.11 · 37 ratings · 6 reviews · 11 distinct works

	The Year of the Rat: A Historical Fiction Novel 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Journey from Shanghai: A Novel 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tincture Journal: Issue Sixteen (Summer 2016) by Daniel Young (Editor), Stuart Barnes (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kirby Fenwick (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Snake Woman of Ipanema 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farrago: More Stories 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pastiche:Stories and Such 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meow's Way really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stone of Heaven: A Novel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Rare Passion it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2000 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Meow's Way Redux it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Come see me anytime but make sure to give me advance notice so I can leave town.”
― Lucille Bellucci

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“A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.”
― Idries Shah

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“Come see me anytime but make sure to give me advance notice so I can leave town.”
― Lucille Bellucci

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