Penny from heaven by jennifer l holm5/9/2023 Holm is the grandniece of Alice Amelia Holm, a Finnish-American girl born on the Nasel River in Washington state during the nineteenth century. So pull up a chair and enjoy the feast! Buon appetito! And Holm tells it with all the richness and the layers, the love and the laughter of a Sunday dinner at Nonny's. But most of all, it's a story about families-about the things that tear them apart and bring them together. Inspired by Newbery Honor winner Jennifer Holm's own Italian American family, "Penny from Heaven "is a shining story about the everyday and the extraordinary, about a time in America's history, not all that long ago, when being Italian meant that you were the enemy. And the two sides of her family aren't speaking to each other! Her Nonny cries every time her father's name is mentioned. To make matters worse, her favorite uncle is living in a car. For starters, she can't go swimming because her mother's afraid she'll catch polio at the pool. But nothing's that easy in Penny's family. It's 1953 and 11-year-old Penny dreams of a summer of butter pecan ice cream, swimming, and baseball.
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