Mario through his imagination brings you a story of true love, heart-warming, and love sensation of two lovebirds that started out of a picture. The love story begins with exchange of letters and sparkled of trust from both and proceed with the God's creation of heavenly bond of love.
However, reading this, awake romantic memories with a romantic young couple, their devotion in foreign land is really enjoyable.
About author
Dr. Mario Dell’Olio is the author of four books. Letters from Italy, published by Black Rose Writing, released in February 2022. New Men: Bonds of Brotherhood was released by 5310 Publishing in December 2020. He has self-published two others, both of which are finalists for the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. The first is a memoir, Coming About: Life in the Balance, about a sailing adventure going terribly wrong. The second book, Body and Soul, is LGBTQ fiction that explores the strife of coming out during the 1980s. It also takes place within the world of the Catholic Church. Body and Soul is also a finalist. His doctoral project examines the woman’s voice in the music of Hildegard von Bingen.
Dr. Dell’Olio holds a Doctor of Sacred Music, a Master of Music in Vocal Performance, and a Master of Religious Education. He pursued postgraduate work in Theology as a seminarian at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy.
With over 34,000 followers on Twitter and a solid social media presence, he is an avid partner in marketing. Dr. Dell’Olio has scheduled numerous author events, readings, and book signings. Coming About is the main theme of a concert experience of the Empire City Men’s Chorus.
About the Book “Letters from Italy” by Mario Dell’Olio
Letters from Italy is a story of true love that spans an ocean. Against all odds, an orphaned girl and a young dreamer find solace in a romance sparked by a single photo and years of transatlantic letters. From a tiny Italian town in pre-WWII to New York City in her golden age, hopeful immigrants take a chance at living the American dream. Set on the Puglian coast, a world comes alive with images of a fishing village, families from different socio-economic classes, and a love born out of chance.
When they finally meet, Nicoletta and Orazio know they are destined to be together. Framed by the letters they wrote to each other, Letters from Italy takes us on a passage back through time with a romantic young couple whose devotion to one another prompted a bold journey in a foreign land.
Chapter 1
The First Photo—The Ask
January 1950
New York City
He saw her face for the first time in New York City. The photo fell out of the airmail envelope that came from his brother, Carlo. Oraziohadn’t even read the letter when her smiling face entranced him. Walking beside his brother and his financée was a beautiful young woman. Her smile and joie de vivre came alive as if it jumped out of the photo from his hometown in Bisceglie. Without knowing who she was, he was utterly taken with her. There were two young men and three women walking arm in arm in the main piazza.
Gazing at the photo, memories of his childhood home flooded his mind. The girl from the photo looked awfully familiar, but he couldn’t place her. He tried to picture her several years younger when a faded memory came into focus. Each evening after work, as he wound his way through the ancient city streets, Orazio would see her leaning out the window. She waited with pasta in hand until she spotted her brother coming down the road, at which point she would disappear into the apartment to throw the pasta into the boiling water. Each night he would watch her as he passed by, but if she caught his eye, he’d quickly look away. Though he desperately wanted to talk to her, he was too shy to act on his desire. He contented himself with seeing her beautiful face in hopeful anticipation. Could this be the same girl at the balcony that I pined over as a teenager? He wondered. […]
Recommended to everyone. Inspiring love story. Good job!