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Vita: A Novel (1st Edition) by Melania G. Mazzucco, Virginia Jewiss (Translator) Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-312-42586-4 / 0312425864 ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42586-9 / 9780312425869 In April 1903, the steamship Republic spills more than two thousand immigrants onto Ellis Island. Among them are Diamante, age twelve, and Vita, nine, sent by their poor families in southern Italy to make their way in America. Amid the chaos and splendor of New York, the misery and criminality of Li |