title: Family in Progress
author:  Ryia Delgado 
description: Ryia Delgado lives in the Pacific Northwest. She enjoys reading and writing, and hopes to be a teacher one day. She is the first author in her family, and is looking forward to starting college in the fall.
zlib_text: Endpapers
  
  Dedication
  
   _To my immigrant grandparents,_
  
   _Antonette Rotundo and Serafino Pasquale Cusano,_
  
   _and especially the nonbiological one,_
  
   _Concetta Rotundo Sanelli_
  
  Stella Fortuna’s Family Tree
  
  Contents
  
  [ _Cover_](9780062862846_Cover.xhtml#cover)
  
  [ _Title Page_](9780062862846_Titlepage.xhtml#title)
  
   _Endpapers_
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _Stella Fortuna’s Family Tree_
  
   _Preface_
  
   **Part I:** _ **Childhood**_
  
  Death 1: _Burns (Cognitive Development)_
  
  Death 2: _Evisceration (Growing Pains)_
  
  Death 3: _Bludgeoning (Education)_
  
   **Part II:** _ **Youth**_
  
  Death 4: _Drowning (Immigration)_
  
  Death 5: _Rape (Marriage)_
  
   **Part III:** _ **Maturity**_
  
  Death 6: _Exsanguination (Motherhood)_
  
  Death 7: _Choking (Change of Life)_
  
   **Part IV:** _ **Old Age**_
  
  Death 8: _Cerebral Hemorrhage (Dementia)_
  
  Epilogue: Hic Jacet
  
  Author’s Note
  
   _About the Author_
  
   _Copyright_
  
   _About the Publisher_
  
  Preface
  
  THIS IS THE STORY OF Mariastella Fortuna the Second, called Stella, formerly
  of 