THE ITALIAN PRISONER

Photos that inspired the novel.
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Elisa Speranza
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Linda Massicot
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Saint Mary's Italian was the center of the Sicilian American section of the French Quarter, and the model for Immaculate Conception Church in the novel.

Saint Mary's Italian Church--inspiration for the fictional Immaculate Conception Church

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Eleanor Nuzzolillo Obituary - New Orleans, LA

Families

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On the wall in Marino's grocery. From the internet.

Miscellaneous

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40 Early American War and Health Posters - The Atlantic
40 Early American War and Health Posters - The Atlantic
In 1942, German submarines brought WWII to Louisiana's shores | The Historic New Orleans Collection

Posters & Propaganda

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25 January 1944 in Basic Training in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Bernie is second from right. From "Bernie's Letters Home--A collection of letters written home by a Broome County Army Nurse stationed in Europe during WWII." Broome County Historical Society, Binghamton, NY 1999.

Nurses

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The author's parents, Frances & Alfred Speranza, and husband Jon Kardon enjoying muffalettas at Central Grocery circa 2003
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central grocery - Google Search

Grocery Store

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Eleanor Nuzzolillo Obituary - New Orleans, LA
Eleanor Nuzzolillo Obituary - New Orleans, LA

Jackson Barracks POWs

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Home Front

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Higgins Shipyard

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Shoe Clips, like the kind Marie gives Rose as a 21st birthday gift.

Fashion in the early 1940s

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PHOTO COURTESY THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION/ CHARLES FRANCK COLLECTION

French Quarter

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Candied creation symbolizing the pine cones Jesus played with as a child. In the background, a framed photo of departed family members.
Three levels of the altar represent the Holy Trinity.
Saint Joseph was Jesus' stepfather and worked as a carpenter. Lots of pastries and breads are baked in the shape of a carpenter's tools, like this saw.

Saint Joseph Altars

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