A Bit of Myself

Name: A Bit of Myself
Price: $47.95 NZD
Author: Filomena Abys-Smith
ISBN: 9781483600925

by Filomena Abys-Smith

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$47.95

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$31.95

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Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 13/03/2013

Format : Hardcover

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 364

ISBN : 9781483600925

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 364

ISBN : 9781483600918

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 364

ISBN : 9781483600932

About the Book

A Bit of Myself is a memoir that was written, first and foremost, for my children so that they may better understand their ancestors and the passion for life that helped us become an American family. Through this journal, I share not only my most cherished and intimate memories but also memories of great struggle and heartbreak, hoping to reveal to the reader "a bit of myself."

A Journey of Immigration - This memoir will take you on a journey from Bagnoli, Naples Italy, where I was born to immigrating to the US in search of the American Dream. You will walk the streets of the burning South Bronx, where I started my Americanization to my final destination of Westchester NY. Each chapter is filled with personal thoughts, poems and family recipe so that the reader may better understand the author and the struggle to becoming an American. Let's hold hands and fly into the arms of Lady Liberty. Always Live with passion. Filomena Abys-Smith The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvTbtEEBzTY

About the Author

About the Author

Filomena Abys-Smith immigrated to the United States in October 1961 from Bagnoli, Naples, Italy, at the age of six. She attended Herbert H. Lehman College, earning a bachelor of science degree in family and consumer studies. She holds a New York State license in nutrition and worked for the New York City Board of Education for twenty-one years until starting Honey-Do Home Renovations with her husband; you can view their website at www.honey-do-renovations.com. She currently holds a general contractor’s license for New York City and Westchester County, where she lives with her husband, Peter, and their two children. Her two great passions are renovating homes into beautiful retreats and writing.

Customer Reviews

"A black and white of old New York, the Bronx preferably. A street scene, the vegatable cart, children running on the streets, men working, women on the stoops, chatting. Maybe a pic of you in a corner, in the background, kind of superimposed."

Depa
"A black and white of old New York, the Bronx preferably. A street scene, the vegatable cart, children running on the streets, men working, women on the stoops, chatting. Maybe a pic of you in a corner, in the background, kind of superimposed."

Anonymous
"Hello, Filomena. I'm an old neighborhood friend and classmate of Peter's. He posted the very exciting update of your newly published book. Brava!! Many congratulations to you, and best of luck! I wanted to let you know that I've just purchased an e-copy of ""A Bit of Myself"". As a second generation Italian, whose grandparents were from Naples, I'm very interested in your perspective. From what I've read in your bio, you strike me as a true renaissance woman, and I look forward to discovering your journey."

Moon
"Hello, Filomena. I'm an old neighborhood friend and classmate of Peter's. He posted the very exciting update of your newly published book. Brava!! Many congratulations to you, and best of luck! I wanted to let you know that I've just purchased an e-copy of ""A Bit of Myself"". As a second generation Italian, whose grandparents were from Naples, I'm very interested in your perspective. From what I've read in your bio, you strike me as a true renaissance woman, and I look forward to discovering your journey."

Anonymous
"I have started the book. It is brilliantly written and highly original. The writing is perfect communication, as is the organization of the book. I have only read every word through the first chapter, but have skimmed other sections and reviewed the way it is organized. Obviously that is not enough to give a total evaluation, but it is enough to predict the whole. The book is written by a perfectionist with an incredible memory, in which details are carefully selected for the highlights that are needed for the story, without unnecessary detail. It tells the story of an individual (therefore with unique experience and feelings) within the contexts of different cultural communities at particular stages in the complicated history of the recent past as it has undergone and continues to undergo rapid changes. People who read it will select from it different aspects that interest them, from different points of view, but I believe (subject to my further reading) that it is ultimately a single work of art that is worthy of a wide audience. These are my initial impressions. "

Wilma
"I have started the book. It is brilliantly written and highly original. The writing is perfect communication, as is the organization of the book. I have only read every word through the first chapter, but have skimmed other sections and reviewed the way it is organized. Obviously that is not enough to give a total evaluation, but it is enough to predict the whole. The book is written by a perfectionist with an incredible memory, in which details are carefully selected for the highlights that are needed for the story, without unnecessary detail. It tells the story of an individual (therefore with unique experience and feelings) within the contexts of different cultural communities at particular stages in the complicated history of the recent past as it has undergone and continues to undergo rapid changes. People who read it will select from it different aspects that interest them, from different points of view, but I believe (subject to my further reading) that it is ultimately a single work of art that is worthy of a wide audience. These are my initial impressions. "

Anonymous
I thoroughly enjoyed Filomena Abys-Smith book. A Bit of Myself. I could not help but see a bit of myself ... As well.
Filomena pieces together a beautiful mosaic of her complex life in a very beautiful and positive direction. I especially love the spin on her delicious recipes after each chapter. My heart broke for her and her silent struggles and rejoiced at her triumphs.
Filomena treats every morsel of food very special and with passion ... The same way she is about life.
Her soul and passionate insight for family And her country is very evident in this book.
I loved it!

Sent from my iPhone
Nanette Gonzalez

Nanette Gonzalez
I thoroughly enjoyed Filomena Abys-Smith book. A Bit of Myself. I could not help but see a bit of myself ... As well.

Filomena pieces together a beautiful mosaic of her complex life in a very beautiful and positive direction. I especially love the spin on her delicious recipes after each chapter. My heart broke for her and her silent struggles and rejoiced at her triumphs.

Filomena treats every morsel of food very special and with passion ... The same way she is about life.

Her soul and passionate insight for family And her country is very evident in this book.

I loved it!

Sent from my iPhone

Nanette Gonzalez

Nanette
watch the book trailer and it will give you an insight to the book:The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvTbtEEBzTY

Anonymous
watch the book trailer and it will give you an insight to the book:The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvTbtEEBzTY

watch the video and it will give you an insight to the book:The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvTbtEEBzTY

Filomena Abys-Smith
"A black and white of old New York, the Bronx preferably. A street scene, the vegatable cart, children running on the streets, men working, women on the stoops, chatting. Maybe a pic of you in a corner, in the background, kind of superimposed."

Anonymous
"Hello, Filomena. I'm an old neighborhood friend and classmate of Peter's. He posted the very exciting update of your newly published book. Brava!! Many congratulations to you, and best of luck! I wanted to let you know that I've just purchased an e-copy of ""A Bit of Myself"". As a second generation Italian, whose grandparents were from Naples, I'm very interested in your perspective. From what I've read in your bio, you strike me as a true renaissance woman, and I look forward to discovering your journey."

Anonymous
"I have started the book. It is brilliantly written and highly original. The writing is perfect communication, as is the organization of the book. I have only read every word through the first chapter, but have skimmed other sections and reviewed the way it is organized. Obviously that is not enough to give a total evaluation, but it is enough to predict the whole. The book is written by a perfectionist with an incredible memory, in which details are carefully selected for the highlights that are needed for the story, without unnecessary detail. It tells the story of an individual (therefore with unique experience and feelings) within the contexts of different cultural communities at particular stages in the complicated history of the recent past as it has undergone and continues to undergo rapid changes. People who read it will select from it different aspects that interest them, from different points of view, but I believe (subject to my further reading) that it is ultimately a single work of art that is worthy of a wide audience. These are my initial impressions. "

Anonymous
I thoroughly enjoyed Filomena Abys-Smith book. A Bit of Myself. I could not help but see a bit of myself ... As well.
Filomena pieces together a beautiful mosaic of her complex life in a very beautiful and positive direction. I especially love the spin on her delicious recipes after each chapter. My heart broke for her and her silent struggles and rejoiced at her triumphs.
Filomena treats every morsel of food very special and with passion ... The same way she is about life.
Her soul and passionate insight for family And her country is very evident in this book.
I loved it!

Sent from my iPhone
Nanette Gonzalez

Nanette Gonzalez
watch the book trailer and it will give you an insight to the book:The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvTbtEEBzTY

Anonymous
"A black and white of old New York, the Bronx preferably. A street scene, the vegatable cart, children running on the streets, men working, women on the stoops, chatting. Maybe a pic of you in a corner, in the background, kind of superimposed."

Anonymous
"Hello, Filomena. I'm an old neighborhood friend and classmate of Peter's. He posted the very exciting update of your newly published book. Brava!! Many congratulations to you, and best of luck! I wanted to let you know that I've just purchased an e-copy of ""A Bit of Myself"". As a second generation Italian, whose grandparents were from Naples, I'm very interested in your perspective. From what I've read in your bio, you strike me as a true renaissance woman, and I look forward to discovering your journey."

Anonymous
"I have started the book. It is brilliantly written and highly original. The writing is perfect communication, as is the organization of the book. I have only read every word through the first chapter, but have skimmed other sections and reviewed the way it is organized. Obviously that is not enough to give a total evaluation, but it is enough to predict the whole. The book is written by a perfectionist with an incredible memory, in which details are carefully selected for the highlights that are needed for the story, without unnecessary detail. It tells the story of an individual (therefore with unique experience and feelings) within the contexts of different cultural communities at particular stages in the complicated history of the recent past as it has undergone and continues to undergo rapid changes. People who read it will select from it different aspects that interest them, from different points of view, but I believe (subject to my further reading) that it is ultimately a single work of art that is worthy of a wide audience. These are my initial impressions. "

Anonymous
I thoroughly enjoyed Filomena Abys-Smith book. A Bit of Myself. I could not help but see a bit of myself ... As well.
Filomena pieces together a beautiful mosaic of her complex life in a very beautiful and positive direction. I especially love the spin on her delicious recipes after each chapter. My heart broke for her and her silent struggles and rejoiced at her triumphs.
Filomena treats every morsel of food very special and with passion ... The same way she is about life.
Her soul and passionate insight for family And her country is very evident in this book.
I loved it!

Sent from my iPhone
Nanette Gonzalez

Nanette Gonzalez
watch the book trailer and it will give you an insight to the book:The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvTbtEEBzTY

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