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The Legacy of an Honor Killing in a Sicilian-American Family
St. Martin's Press
August 2007
On Sale: July 24, 2007
256 pages
ISBN: 031233463X
EAN: 9780312334635
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
Karen Tintori thought she knew her family tree.
Her grandmother Josie had emigrated from Sicily with her
parents at the turn of the century. They settled in
Detroit, and with Josie’s nine siblings, worked to create a
home for themselves away from the poverty and servitude of
the old country. Their descendants were proud Italian-
Americans.
But Josie had a sister nobody spoke of. Her name was
Frances, and at age sixteen she fell in love with a young
barber. Her father wanted her to marry an older don in the
neighborhood mafia---a marriage that would give his sons a
leg up in the mob. But Frances eloped with her barber, and
when she returned home a married woman, her fate was
sealed. Even eighty years and two generations later,
Frances was not spoken of, and her memory was suppressed.
Unto the Daughters is a historical mystery and family story
that unwraps the many layers of family, honor, memory, and
fear to find an honor killing in turn-of-the-century
Detroit. Tracing the history and insular world of Italian
immigrants back to the old country, Karen Tintori shows
what they came from, what they hoped for, and how the hopes
and dreams of America fell far short for her great-aunt
Frances.
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