‘The Three Graces of Pearl Street’ is a succession drama about the ordinary but fierce Italian-American women who are overlooked in ‘The Godfather’
I can’t remember the first time I heard The Godfather ’s opening line, “I believe in America.” I must have been old enough to stomach the prolific violence, but young enough not to grasp the significance of the film in the minds of Americans — especially Italian Americans.
Later, when I read and reread the novel, I thought of my own family. My maternal great-grandparents Theresa and Glorio fled a poverty-stricken town in Southern Italy as teenagers only to find themselves penniless in New York…
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