About Greetings from Asbury Park, a World War Two love story:
1943. Rome, Italy.
Mariella, a haunting beauty and the eldest daughter of a poor but loving family, is on the cusp of womanhood, but growing up amid a war snatches the last remnants of her innocence.
When the Allied Forces liberate Rome, Jack, a handsome American GI from Asbury Park, NJ meets Mariella selling postcards at the Colosseum. Despite the language barrier, their connection is instant. They spend the day together and promise to keep in touch.
Over the following years, Mariella writes him about her new job and her boyfriend, Lorenzo. Jack writes about his family’s restaurant, and his fiancée, Lauren. However, neither can shake the connection they felt. A mysterious roll of film arriving in the mail forces Jack to admit what he’s feeling just as Mariella goes quiet. Tragedy has struck her family again.
Luckily, Jack isn’t one to give up.
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Author Bio:
Luigina Vecchione is an actor and a writer. She’s lived, worked and raised a family on both coasts and in Europe. Now she is empty nesting with her husband in New York City. This is her debut novel.