Fefè

Fefè arrives in America with Sicily still inside him: the sea, the family traditions, the taste of fennel, fish, and bread. He meets Lena — brilliant, American, powerful, a woman at the center of her family relationships. Their marriage carries Alfredo from the Upper West Side to the Berkshires, from Sicily to London, through concerts, meals, friendships, rivalries, and the intimate politics of family. Fefè is a novel of travel and return: Sicily with its heat and memory, London with its fog and traditions, the Upper West Side with its liberal ideas and rituals, and the Berkshires with its…