The Cahills

Informationen zum Autor " Domenick, born in Partinico (Sicily) in 1933, after his father's death, spent his childhood in an orphanage. He pursued his studies in Palermo and in 1951 he came to the USA. Working for survival, he attended various night schools, the last being The Stonier Graduate School of Banking. After, he taught nightly for six years at the American Institute of Banking. At Chase Bank, he became vice president and senior credit and marketing officer for Western Europe. Once retired, he founded Intercontinental Associates, Inc. In 1995, President Bill Clinton appointed him chairman of the board of the Albanian-American Enterprise Fund. Domenick has written many essays and short stories and published the first part of his memories in Italian. He has lectured in many US and European universities. For almost thirty years, he was president of Orphans of Italy. In 1996, he founded the Albanian Children Fund in New York and the Albanian Children Foundation in Albania. For his contributions, he received the Congressional Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the highest awards of the Legions of Merit of Italy, Portugal, and Albania." Klappentext " Pure love, not recognized as such by most children, inexplicably grows as they mature and makes them strong fighters against traditions, bigotry, tyranny, and parents' wishes. Mankind's desires to live closer to Mother Nature than within the confines of a human society determined to continue to live in the glory of self-esteem and false pride are ultimately achieved by the principal people in this novel. Great lessons to live by are taught by an old man living on a farm. A child, in need of comfort, finds companionship and peace in the world of his imagination where everything becomes real. Strong belief in God vanishes when unexpected events change many lives. Spoiled youth, like bull with lustful desires, inject poison in a town of peace loving people. Ultimately, the determination to really live one's faith restores peace and happiness in the hearts of people in love."...

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" Pure love, not recognized as such by most children, inexplicably grows as they mature and makes them strong fighters against traditions, bigotry, tyranny, and parents' wishes. Mankind's desires to live closer to Mother Nature than within the confines of a human society determined to continue to live in the glory of self-esteem and false pride are ultimately achieved by the principal people in this novel. Great lessons to live by are taught by an old man living on a farm. A child, in need of comfort, finds companionship and peace in the world of his imagination where everything becomes real. Strong belief in God vanishes when unexpected events change many lives. Spoiled youth, like bull with lustful desires, inject poison in a town of peace loving people. Ultimately, the determination to really live one's faith restores peace and happiness in the hearts of people in love."