Once Upon a Time on Long Island

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Essays about the good, the bad, and the ugly of Italian-America, Long Island, and midlife. Writing a memoir about grief: my mother and my best friend could built me up and cut me down with barely a glance. Now they are gone. So now what?

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About Jeanna Lucci Canapari

Essays about the good, the bad, and the ugly of Italian-American culture, on my Substack: Once Upon a Time on Long Island.

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