The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Forty Days in Italy con La Mia Famiglia, which I plan to publish in the Spring of 2017, with your help. You can find all of the excerpts here. I plan to write this book over the next few months by releasing excerpts here on our website and getting feedback from The Italian American Podcast listeners and supporters.

So please leave your comments below this post, and I will review and respond to all of them. Let's write this wonderful story together, which I know will inspire Italian Americans far and wide to discover their heritage in an adventurous way. As I walked up the stairs to my grandmother's apartment with my laptop under my arm, I felt like I was about to uncover a treasure that I should have started looking for years ago. That doesn't matter anymore though I thought; the time is now.

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