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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language <strong>of</strong> <strong>my</strong> choosing<br />
Acknowledgments<br />
Without the help and support <strong>of</strong> the following, this book would<br />
never have been written: Geraldine Doherty, Sheila McMillan,<br />
Monica Gibb, Fiona Durkin, Dr Carlo Pirozzi, University <strong>of</strong><br />
Edinburgh; and Alan Gay.<br />
I would also like to thank Linda Menzies, Nina Craighead<br />
and Marion Newbery for reading and providing comments<br />
on first drafts and <strong>my</strong> patient editors, Hilary Bell and Jennie<br />
Renton at Luath Press. Grateful thanks are also due to Eastern<br />
Western Motor Group, Edinburgh.<br />
Thank you lastly, to Paul and our three daughters, Camilla,<br />
Roberta, Sophie-Louise for their support, realism and love.<br />
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