Congratulations to NIAF Member Beverly Paladeni Riter on her new book Path of the Paladeni Family from Gorfigliano to Yacolt and Back. The book details the author’s Italian family who left their remote mountain village of Gorfigliano in the early 20th century and settled in Yacolt, Wash., where they faced many challenges: hard work, illness, and the threat of internment during World War II.

But most of all, they longed for their family in Italy. Like many others, they returned to Italy and then eventually went back to the United States. The author’s family’s longing to return to Italy never left them—a story that is reminiscent to many Italian American families. Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3r10GpA.