THE COURTYARD OF DREAMS Author:Anna F. Monardo This culturally rich first novel by Anna Monardo tells the story of seventeen-year-old Giulia Di Cuore, a first-generation Italian-American growing up in the 1960s. The young protagonist struggles with the old-world values of her father, who insists that she travel to Italy to visit her extended family. To her own surprise, Giula discovers the... more »re her place in the world as a daughter, as a woman and as an American."A novel of great beauty and perception."Pat Conroy"An important novel which examines the metaphor of ocean crossings."Professor Teresa Picarazzi, University of Arizona« less