Title: The Black Madonna
Product review: Little Italy, on the crossroads of Spring and Thompson Street, are the whole world for Louisa Ermelino's characters in THE BLACK MADONNA. Focusing on the power and control that Teresa, Magdalena, and Antoinette wield in the ghetto, we watch their sons and catch a glimpse of their interwoven, sometimes heartrending, sometimes-comical lives as they live in the tenement. The mother's lives center around protecting their sons at all costs, and often these methods can be rather unusual.Although the author developed the characters well, I felt that the plot was terribly weak. The story didn't seem to go anywhere and fell flat. It was, however, an interesting peek into the seemingly simple but truly complex lives of those who lived in the ghettos from the 1940's through 1950's.
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