Safe in Your Head

Laura E. Valeri

Safe in Your Head

Laura E. Valeri

English

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Abstract

Book Summary: A middle class Italian family finds reason to immigrate to America when Italy is threatened by the Red Brigades’ terrorist movement of the 1970s. The family patriarch manages a transfer to the United States, certain of better prospects and of a more secure future for his family, but each of the family members experiences a deeper kind of upheaval, negotiating personal losses and estrangement. A grandmother, a mother, and a granddaughter each discovers the many insidious ways in which war warps and defines life, even at a distance of decades.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Aug 2 2013

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Disciplines

Creative Writing
Linguistics
Rhetoric and Composition

Keywords

1970s
Immigration
In your head
Italian family
Red Brigade
Safe
Terrorist movement
United States

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