Florence Gatto combines her passion for Italy and writing to document an era of transition for her immigrant family in The Scent of Jasmine, Vignettes from a Sicilian Heritage. Her essays are written with, wit, insight, and pride.
Her stories appeared in Newsday, LIWriters Guild anthologies, Sweet Lemons , and Cucina Classica cookbook.
She received the LlWritersGuild Lifetime, Diamond Leadership awards and L’Esperienza Magazine honors.
She studied in Perugia Italy in a Fulbright program and in Siena with a NY State teacher grant. She calls herself an Italophile and requires frequent trips to Italy to feed her psyche.
The Scent of Jasmine documents an era of transition for the immigrant family of author Florence Gatto, as Vignettes from Sicilian Heritage. The humorous true life accounts are written with wit, insight, and pride, The essays , with photos , reflect the neighborhoods, women’s roles, holidays, and assimilation, have universal appeal.
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