Bücher der Reihe The Scent of Lemons

1897, Sicily, Italy. Hunger. Mafia. Unemployment. Divided families. Towns like Camporeale become ghost towns as the desperate migrate to the New World in search of their dreams. Twelve-year-old Maria Liotta and nineteen-year-old Baldassare Licata travel among them. Will America give Maria and her family hope? Will she find her father? Will Baldassare find the protection he seeks from the mafia? Each on their own journeys, they encounter opposition from the padrone, the American school, and a system that seeks to exploit the vulnerable for a quick profit. They face personal betrayal, the violence of the Mano Nera in the New World, moral decisions, and are held down by the ways of the Old World. Travel back to the turn of the century to discover the life faced by Sicilian immigrants in New York and discover how Maria and Baldassare join together with their siblings, Gaetana and Domenico, to overcome the obstacles holding them back.

In this gripping continuation of the Licata family saga, two Sicilian immigrant brothers walk divergent paths in America. As Baldassare strives for an honest living to support his family, his younger brother Nick is seduced by the mafia's allure. Through poverty, war, Italian internment camps, and betrayal, the Licata family's resilience is tested across two world wars. The Scent of Lemons, Part 2: The Far West continues this true story of survival, loyalty, and the price of choices.

Los Angeles crime boss Nick Licata's expanding empire threatens to consume his own family. As his influence grows, so does his determination to draw nephew Joe and son Carlo into the underworld. Caught between family loyalty and moral conscience, Joe and Carlo battle personal demons of alcoholism and failed marriages while resisting the pull of organized crime. The Scent of Lemons, Part 3: The Next Generation continues this true saga of family, power, and the cost of inherited sins.Based on a true story, The Scent of Lemons, Part 3: The Next Generation continues the story of The Scent of Lemons, Part 2: The Far West and The Scent of Lemons, Part 1: A Sicilian Journey.