The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown 2020 for best historical fiction debut
Juliet Grames
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna
Longlisted for the HWA Debut Crown 2020 for best historical fiction debut
Juliet Grames
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From Calabria to Connecticut: a sweeping family saga about sisterhood, secrets, Italian immigration, the American dream, and one woman's tenacious fight against her own fate.
A compulsive, huge-hearted novel about family, home and how women move through the world; you don't read this book, you live it.
A sweeping story of immigration, family, betrayal and most importantly, one extraordinary woman. This book is gorgeous, harrowing and magical
Thanks to gorgeous writing from Grames, it's full of beautiful passages and is the perfect book to take with you on holiday . . . a messy, complex and convincing story of women struggling to find their true power
This is wonderful storytelling, seamlessly capturing the love and horror at the heart of family. Juliet Grames's novel, tracing the extraordinary life - and deaths - of an ordinary woman, sits the reader down at a well-laden table, and offers a hugely satisfying feast. Delightful
A sumptuous inter-generational saga . . . heart-wrenching
Packed with family secrets and their repercussions, the novel memorably pins down the American immigrant experience. It's an impressive achievement.
Superbly enjoyable . . . a darkly funny story about two sisters . . . A class act - don't miss it.
I loved this meaty family saga . . . I couldn't help rooting for the complicated and unstoppable hero
Fresh and intriguing . . . gripping
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna achieves what no sweeping history lesson about American immigrants could: It brings to life a woman that time and history would have ignored
[Its] emotional force . . . illuminates every page. A beautifully painted portrait, majestic and masterful; a very fine novel indeed.
By turns captivating, shocking, heartbreaking and life-affirming. This is no ordinary family epic; it is the story of generations of women who, in conformity and non-conformity, blaze with strength, compassion and formidable will . . . An extraordinary debut
A magnificent debut . . . a deeply felt, richly imagined world . . . Moody, original and profound. Brava!
Reading The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna is like listening to the rollicking stories of your Italian grandmother - full of memorable characters and speckled with fascinating bits of history. This is a fantastic and timely family story
Juliet Grames's epic novel . . . is rich in eccentric characters and unlikely encounters, and she inhabits a world that is tinged with magic but still limited by patriarchal values - and she carries with her a dark family history. It's an extensive, often cheeky, exploration of lineage, fate, and womanhood.
Paint[s] sensually intricate portraits of Calabria and Connecticut. With her story of an "ordinary" woman who is anything but, Grames explores not just the immigrant experience but the stages of a woman's life. This is a sharp and richly satisfying novel
Compelling
Readers who appreciate narratives driven by vivid characterisation and family secrets will find much to enjoy here . . . [Grames is] an author to watch
While the subject matter isn't always easy . . . the Fortunas are so lively and sharply drawn that you'll eagerly follow their journey from pre-World War II Italy to early aughts Connecticut
Twisty and complicated, but wholly original
Witty and deeply felt
Juliet Grames was born outside of Hartford, Connecticut, into a tight-knit Italian-American family. She attended Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in history from Columbia College. Before leaving to write full-time, Juliet was an Associate Publisher at Soho Press, where she edited literary fiction, crime fiction, and literature in translation. She lives with her family in Rhode Island.
A compulsive, huge-hearted novel about family, home and how women move through the world; you don't read this book, you live it.
A sweeping story of immigration, family, betrayal and most importantly, one extraordinary woman. This book is gorgeous, harrowing and magical
Thanks to gorgeous writing from Grames, it's full of beautiful passages and is the perfect book to take with you on holiday . . . a messy, complex and convincing story of women struggling to find their true power
This is wonderful storytelling, seamlessly capturing the love and horror at the heart of family. Juliet Grames's novel, tracing the extraordinary life - and deaths - of an ordinary woman, sits the reader down at a well-laden table, and offers a hugely satisfying feast. Delightful
A sumptuous inter-generational saga . . . heart-wrenching
Packed with family secrets and their repercussions, the novel memorably pins down the American immigrant experience. It's an impressive achievement.
Superbly enjoyable . . . a darkly funny story about two sisters . . . A class act - don't miss it.
I loved this meaty family saga . . . I couldn't help rooting for the complicated and unstoppable hero
Fresh and intriguing . . . gripping
The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna achieves what no sweeping history lesson about American immigrants could: It brings to life a woman that time and history would have ignored
[Its] emotional force . . . illuminates every page. A beautifully painted portrait, majestic and masterful; a very fine novel indeed.
By turns captivating, shocking, heartbreaking and life-affirming. This is no ordinary family epic; it is the story of generations of women who, in conformity and non-conformity, blaze with strength, compassion and formidable will . . . An extraordinary debut
A magnificent debut . . . a deeply felt, richly imagined world . . . Moody, original and profound. Brava!
Reading The Seven or Eight Deaths of Stella Fortuna is like listening to the rollicking stories of your Italian grandmother - full of memorable characters and speckled with fascinating bits of history. This is a fantastic and timely family story
Juliet Grames's epic novel . . . is rich in eccentric characters and unlikely encounters, and she inhabits a world that is tinged with magic but still limited by patriarchal values - and she carries with her a dark family history. It's an extensive, often cheeky, exploration of lineage, fate, and womanhood.
Paint[s] sensually intricate portraits of Calabria and Connecticut. With her story of an "ordinary" woman who is anything but, Grames explores not just the immigrant experience but the stages of a woman's life. This is a sharp and richly satisfying novel
Compelling
Readers who appreciate narratives driven by vivid characterisation and family secrets will find much to enjoy here . . . [Grames is] an author to watch
While the subject matter isn't always easy . . . the Fortunas are so lively and sharply drawn that you'll eagerly follow their journey from pre-World War II Italy to early aughts Connecticut
Twisty and complicated, but wholly original
Witty and deeply felt
Juliet Grames was born outside of Hartford, Connecticut, into a tight-knit Italian-American family. She attended Corpus Christi College at the University of Oxford and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in history from Columbia College. Before leaving to write full-time, Juliet was an Associate Publisher at Soho Press, where she edited literary fiction, crime fiction, and literature in translation. She lives with her family in Rhode Island.