Language of my Choosing by Anne Pia sampler
Where do I truly belong? This is the question Anne Pia continually asked of herself growing up in the Italian-Scots community of post-World War Two Edinburgh. This candid, vibrant memoir shares her struggle to bridge the gap between a traditional immigrant way of life and attaining her goal of becoming an independent-minded professional woman. Through her journey beyond the expectations of family, she discovers how much relationships with other people enhance, inhibit and ultimately define self. Yet – like her relationship with her own mother – her ‘belonging’ in her Italian and Scottish heritages remains to this day unresolved and complex.
Where do I truly belong? This is the question Anne Pia continually asked of herself growing up in the Italian-Scots community of post-World War Two Edinburgh.
This candid, vibrant memoir shares her struggle to bridge the gap between a traditional immigrant way of life and attaining her goal of becoming an independent-minded professional woman.
Through her journey beyond the expectations of family, she discovers how much relationships with other people enhance, inhibit and ultimately define self. Yet – like her relationship with her own mother – her ‘belonging’ in her Italian and Scottish heritages remains to this day unresolved and complex.
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anne pia<br />
spotlights<br />
Glorious France: A Study in Self-Making 103<br />
A Reluctant Homecoming 112<br />
The Copper Kettle Chronicles 117<br />
On the Matter <strong>of</strong> Rooting 127<br />
Good Times with My Mother 133<br />
Religion and Sexuality 144<br />
The Loss <strong>of</strong> My Mother 151<br />
The Oak Tree 158<br />
The Mammissima 170<br />
footlights<br />
Concluding Thoughts 197<br />
viticusar<br />
The <strong>Language</strong> <strong>of</strong> Viticuso and Thereabouts 211<br />
timeline 221<br />
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