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SUMMARY:Cheryl A. Ossola in Conversation with Lisa DeNatale | How Long a 
 Shadow
DESCRIPTION:Phoenix Books is excited to welcome author Cheryl A. Ossola t
 o Phoenix Books Burlington on Sunday\, December 6 at 3:00 PM in collabor
 ation with our friends at The Vermont Italian Cultural Association! Cher
 yl will be in conversation with Lisa DeNatale for an afternoon of conver
 sation about Cheryl's new book\, How Long a Shadow. Cheryl A. Ossola is 
 a second-generation Italian American and a descendant of the stonecutter
 s who shaped Barre\, Vermont's granite industry\, on which her forthcomi
 ng novel How Long a Shadow (Cynren Press\, 2026) is based. Her fiction a
 nd poetry explore Italian heritage\, art\, identity\, and the immigrant 
 experience. A new edition of her debut novel\, The Wild Impossibility (2
 019)\, came out from Cynren Press in 2026. Her third novel\, Sisters of 
 Lucrezia\, about art and obsession\, set in Italy\, is forthcoming in 20
 28\, also from Cynren Press. Her work has appeared in Fourteen Hills\, W
 riter's Digest\, Switchback\, VIA: Voices in Italian Americana\, and Eas
 tern Iowa Review: Best Prose Poetry 2025. A former editor and freelance 
 writer with an MFA from the University of San Francisco\, she writes Ita
 licus: A Writer's Life in Italy from a hilltop town in Umbria. Lisa DeNa
 tale is a 1980 graduate of Boston College where she earned a BS in Marke
 ting. She had a thirty-year career in Marketing and Brand Development in
 cluding roles at Reebok\, NIKE\, and Ben & Jerry's. In 2011\, she became
  the President & CEO of Special Olympics Vermont\, where she remained un
 til her retirement in 2018. Lisa has served as the President of the Verm
 ont Italian Cultural Association since June 2021. Growing up in suburban
  Boston\, Lisa was surrounded by a large extended Italian family. Her lo
 ve of all things Italian was instilled at a young age by her Sicilian fa
 ther. In 2022\, Lisa became an Italian citizen. She and her husband Stev
 e have traveled extensively throughout Italy. About the book: As strikes
  shake Vermont's granite industry\, one woman carves her own story. In 1
 903 Barre\, Vermont\, granite is king--and it's killing the men who scul
 pt it. While her father and brothers risk their lungs in the granite she
 ds and the town fractures over union strikes\, twenty-year-old Rosina Bo
 ttinelli longs for a life shaped by her own hands. Determined not to be 
 bound by marriage\, she sets aside her artistic ambitions and turns to m
 idwifery. Her apprenticeship to her formidable aunt reveals both the fie
 rce power and the terrible cost of women's work. But Barre is a tinderbo
 x. A deadly lung disease--mal d'america--ravages the immigrant stonecutt
 ers. Labor unrest erupts into violence. And a bitter political rift betw
 een Rosina's unionist father and his capitalist brother threatens to sha
 tter the family that crossed an ocean together. As love and loyalty coll
 ide with ambition and belief\, Rosina must decide what kind of life she 
 will carve--and how long a shadow she is willing to cast. DATE: Sunday\,
  December 6\, 2026 at 3:00 PM LOCATION: Phoenix Books Burlington\, 89 Ch
 urch Street\, Burlington\, VT TICKETS: Tickets are FREE. Phoenix Books h
 as adopted an RSVP-based system\, and you can RSVP through the Seven Day
 s Tickets website. Your RSVP grants you a $3.00 off coupon for How Long 
 a Shadow by Cheryl A. Ossola that can be used during the day of the even
 t! BOOKS: Copies of How Long a Shadow by Cheryl A. Ossola will be availa
 ble for purchase at the event.\n\nTickets: https://sevendaystickets.com/
 e/cheryl-a-ossola-in-conversation-with-lisa-denatale\n\nhttps://findloca
 l.community/event/9956bbc4-42c1-4b9d-b177-ac86eed5791c
LOCATION:Phoenix Books Burlington\, 191 Bank St\, Burlington\, VT 05401
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/9956bbc4-42c1-4b9d-b177-ac86eed5791
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