#ily

In Land of Milk and Money, Anthony Barcellos mines rich family history to create a full-blooded tale that readers will find insightful, rewarding, and entertaining. ↗

— John Lescroart

#family

„Да имаш дете е като да си направиш татуировка на лицето. Наистина трябва да си сигурна, че точно това искаш, преди да му се посветиш. ↗

— Elizabeth Gilbert

#baby #children #commitment #family #kids

One of the West's singular migrations--from the Azores to California's Great Central Valley--is given faces and voices in Anthony Barcellos's new novel, Land of Milk and Money. Along with its triumphs, the Francisco family embodies the challenges to an immigrant family in a new land, including the often ignored difficulties posed by success and the loss of the old culture. A must read... ↗

— Gerald Haslam

#fiction #san-joaquin #family

For that matter, all this, is there a God? Corlis -- I don't care!" "Huh," I considered. "I guess I don't either". "Most people don't! All they care about," he added grimly, "is being right". ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#family

It's up to the owner of a blanket to sleep on the blanket or to sleep in the blanket. ↗

— Kudakwashe Muzira

#romance #superstitions-infanticide #triplets #family

I never let myself yearn for Buckley, afraid he might see my image in a mirror or a bottle cap. Like everyone else I was trying to protect him. ↗

— Alice Sebold

#love #protection #family

Jewish families encourage pursuit of wealth accumulation, high-income careers, and investing. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#jewish-wealth #make-money #money #wealth-accumulation #wealth-creation

It has become a cultural norm in Jewish families for parents to bring up their children to value wealth. ↗

— H.W. Charles

#jewish-wealth #money #wealth #family

So Dad has joined the others up there. I feel that they do watch and guide, and I also feel that they join me in the hope that this story of our people can help alleviate the legacies of the fact that preponderantly the histories have been written by the winners. ↗

— Alex Haley

#family

First of all, I’m not a ‘military type.’ Second, I never proclaimed to be a gentleman of any kind. I just like the facts straight up. There’s no bullshit to wade through to get to the truth." Dylan ↗

— Sara Walter Ellwood

#family-drama #romantic-suspense #western #family