From Sicily to Connecticut

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Paul Pirrotta. From Sicily to Connecticut

From Sicily to Connecticut. One plus One Equals Three. Paul Pirrotta

Dedication

Introduction

The Beginning

Family

School

Summers

Church and the Holidays

Soccer and Other Games

Dating

Politics

Pictures from Sicily

Departure and Arrival

Courtship and Marriage

Parenting

Work

College and Training

Social Choices and Trips to Sicily

Coach Soccer and Play Golf

Marriage Problems

Second Career

Family Values and Mental Health

Full Steam Ahead: to the past!

One Plus One Equals Three

Pictures from America

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To my grandchildren Connor and Ethan, that they may

better understand and appreciate our family history.

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This is the story of my life, of my growing up in Sicily; of our migration to the USA and the personal development and transformation I have undergone!.

One story was about my Uncle Joe, my mother’s brother. My Nonno would wake him up to take him to work as follows: u principe, i quattru e ancora rormi(the prince: 4 am and he is still sleeping)! Nonno was that way with me as well, except not as tough: when I went to school in the afternoon sessions and slept until 9 or 10 am, I would hear him argue with Mammanina that I should get up at 7 am and do my homework! He was probably right—but it worked out okay anyway.

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