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rom Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco, author of the historical fiction novels, Tempesta's Dream, A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera, A Song for Bellafortuna and Saving the Music, comes Sicilian Melody, Book three in his Bellafortuna Series. World War II has ended, and Sicily lies in ruins. As money flows in from Italy, the black market becomes the lifeblood of the island's inhabitants. At the same time, with the defeat of Mussolini and fascism,...

From Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco, author of the historical fiction novels, Tempesta's Dream, A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera, A Song for Bellafortuna and Saving the Music, comes Sicilian Melody, Book three in his Bellafortuna Series. World War II has ended, and Sicily lies in ruins. As money flows in from Italy, the black market becomes the lifeblood of the island's inhabitants. At the same time, with the defeat of Mussolini and fascism...

It is the winter of 1942, and the world is at war. A few Jewish musicians attempt to flee the Nazi death grip, each desperately trying to navigate his own path to safety. With the courageous aid and kindness of strangers, they soon find themselves in Rome, where under the highly secret help of the Vatican, they are hidden in Bellafortuna, a small village in Sicily. The residents of Bellafortuna welcome them and care for them, and for a fleetin...

It is the winter of 1942, and the world is at war. A few Jewish musicians attempt to flee the Nazi death grip, each desperately trying to navigate his own path to safety. With the courageous aid and kindness of strangers, they soon find themselves in Rome, where under the highly secret help of the Vatican, they are hidden in Bellafortuna, a small village in Sicily. The residents of Bellafortuna welcome them and care for them, and for a fleetin...

A SONG FOR BELLAFORTUNA WINNER OF THE B.R.A.G MEDALLION AWARD IN HISTORICAL FICTION¿ The beautiful, yet secluded, hilltop village of Bellafortuna, Sicily, is a great producer of wine and olive oil. The entire village prospers. However, after the arrival of the Vasaio family, production dwindles and the villagers soon find themselves in crushing debt to the Vasaios. Only the Sanguinetti family remains outside the control of the Vasaios...

WINNER OF THE B.R.A.G MEDALLION AWARD IN HISTORICAL FICTION SHORT LIST FINALIST IN THE WILLIAM FAULKNER-WILLIAM WISDOM WRITING COMPETITION A Song for Bellafortuna is an inspirational Italian Historical Fiction novel concerning a young man's desire to free his Sicilian village from the domination of one family's long reign. For years, the beautiful, yet secluded, hilltop village of Bellafortuna, Sicily, was a great producer of wine and ...

Tempesta's Dream - A Story of Love, Friendship and Opera, is an Italian Historical Fiction novel New Orleans writer, Vincent B. "Chip" LoCoco. It is the inspirational story of an aspiring opera singer coming of age in Milan, a tender and moving love story, a testament to the bonds of friendship, and, at its core, a tribute to the beauty, majesty and miracle of opera. Giovanni Tempesta always dreamed of becoming an opera tenor and one day si...

Tempesta's Dream is the inspirational story of an aspiring opera singer coming of age in Milan, a tender and moving love story, a testament to the bonds of friendship, and, at its core, a tribute to the beauty, majesty and miracle of opera. Giovanni Tempesta always dreamed of singing at Milan's La Scala Opera House. There's just one small problem -- he's never had formal training or the money to pursue his dream. When he meets the seductive an...