Memoirs of Marone – An Immigrant Story – Review

Memoirs of Marone: An Immigrant Story by author Sarah E. Lingley is the story of her great-grandparents Raffaele and Rosa Marone and their journey to freedom in America. This book chronicles her journey and her later life in the United States.

Raffaele Marone, tired of his life in Laurenzana, Italy, travels to New York to start a new life. Raffaele continually travels between America and his homeland of Italy, where he will meet, fall in love with, and marry Rosa. His marriage is welcome on the strict understanding that he does not take Rosa to live in America (the reasoning behind this comes from an incident in Rosa’s childhood explained in the book). This restriction will later be revoked and both Raffaele, Rosa and their children emigrated to start a new life in the United States.

The story portrayed in this book is that of the lives of Raffaele and Rosa Marone and that of their children. Author Sarah E. Lingley, with the help of Marone’s living daughters, remembers this story beautifully and reminds us all of family and family love.

Sarah Lingley has an extraordinary gift for storytelling and keeps readers intrigued throughout this book. Her attention to detail is also outstanding. This book is a definite must for anyone with a keen interest in family history or if it’s just a love of reading, she’ll enjoy it too. This book is available from all major book sellers, including Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

This wonderful book is the perfect gift for anyone interested in history and family stories.