The Vanishing Generation

In 1931, Annalisa is born in Montevetuso, one of Southern Italy's hill cities. Shortly after, Annalisa's mother Annina emigrates with her to the East Bronx, where her husband awaits them. While Annina adjusts to the customs of the New World, Annalisa and her sister grow up on the city block playing street games and exploring the wooded lots of the then bucolic Bronx. When the United States enters World War II in 1941, life takes on a radical change. The children get caught up in the war effort,