{"product_id":"9781558612204","title":"The Right Thing to Do","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a stroll in his Queens neighborhood, Sicilian-born Nino Giardello glimpses his daughter, ambitious nineteen-year-old Gina, heading for the subway. Silently, he follows her to Manhattan and watches, outraged, as she walks into the arms of a golden-haired stranger. The incident confirms Nino's worst suspicions about his decidedly American daughter. It also challenges Nino's power as capofamiglia, a disruption to his ideas about family life, and an insult to his heritage. In a struggle that exceeds all boundaries, including death, father and daughter will engage in a conflict of generations that is likewise a conflict of cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosephine Gattuso Hendin captures New York Italian immigrant life with startling precision, bringing to life the intricate web of a community's everyday transactions and exploring the multifaceted father-daughter relationship at the heart of the Italian American family. A coming-of-age novel that is both wryly funny and achingly sad, \u003ci\u003eThe Right Thing to Do\u003c\/i\u003e burns with the conflicting desires of two cultures, two generations, two sexes, each with its own intensely defined needs and ethical systems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Feminist Press at CUNY, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053693190384,"sku":"9781558612204","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558612204_p0.jpg?v=1763755542","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558612204","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}