Reflections of the Journey to Streets of Gold

Reflections of the Journey to Streets of Gold is a historical romantic novel that traces the pathway of three brothers immigrating to America from Italy. The story is one of inspiration, tragedy, and an emotional love story appealing to the romantic at heart. The story brings hope when adversity strikes, and life doesn't turn out the way we plan.
The story begins by capturing life in Italy in the early 1900s. It retraces the journey of coming to America landing at Ellis Island in search of a better life.
Upon arrival in America, Francesco meets Lucia in New York where a beautiful love story unfolds bringing happiness that appears to last forever. Francesco lands a coal mining job. Now the Great Depression sweeps across the land, and a fire sparks that turns into a tragedy. The moments of magical love found on the streets of New York turns into setting Francesco's world upside down. The secret is thrown in the closet away for the eyes of the world not to see.
One day a caravan of gypsies arrive. The leader states that he has a magical crystal ball that can help predict a brighter future. Francesco and Lucia grasp onto hope. Little did they know about being overshadowed with deception.
Beyond a love story, the story deals with loss and hope in life struggles with inspirational thoughts bringing satisfactory resolution to Francesco's pathway in his journey of life.