The Avenue edition by Andrew Cecere Literature Fiction eBooks
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The Avenue
By Andrew C. Cecere
This novel is about two protagonists who were born and raised during the Great Depression in a working class neighborhood in a large metropolitan city inhabited by Italian immigrants and their first-generation American children.
At an early age, these Americans recognized and understood they were bounded and yet isolated from the Anglo-middle class neighbors; they were considered different and not permitted to enroll in certain grade and high schools in their areas.
As they matured into their teens, they wondered if they could eventually compete outside of the environment they were born into. One of the protagonists insisted that only on the Avenue could they exist and survive, be safe and be happy and be respected. And there he lived and died.
The other protagonist risked moving out of the Avenue. He was willing to see if he could compete with those outside the Avenue and perhaps be assimilated in their environment, but vowing that if his venture was not successful, he could always return to the Avenue again.
And so they lived their respective lives, one in the area of the Avenue, the other never to live on the Avenue again.
About the Author
Andrew C. Cecere is a writer and retired attorney in Richmond, Indiana. He was born and raised in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty district during the Depression years.
He was a Marine Corps officer during World War II, serving in the Southwest Pacific, Okinawa, and in North China following the Japanese surrender. Recalled to active duty in 1951, he served in the Pentagon as an attorney in the Office of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy. After his discharge in 1953, with the rank of captain, he returned to private law practice in Richmond.
Cecere received his undergraduate education at George Washington University, Earlham College and Denison University and his doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Michigan Law School.
The Avenue edition by Andrew Cecere Literature Fiction eBooks
An elegant novel about the function of place in both the outward life and in the human heart. Danny Castleforte strives to escape the shame and limitations he feels for his Italian American neighborhood and becomes the successful Daniel Castle. But is he free or simply uprooted, as old passions and new perils constantly beckon him back to where he started. In reading this often heart-aching story, one recalls the famous last line in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby –- “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”Product details
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The Avenue edition by Andrew Cecere Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This is a well-written period piece that depicts life in a segregated Italian steel working neighborhood in Pittsburg during the Depression and WWII years and then the resultant years. The book comes alive with a compelling story, vivid characters and a moral lesson. Two childhood friends come to a crossroad, one deciding to stay within the bounds of The Avenue and pursue a life that starts with running numbers that grows into a power position; the other seeks life on the outside with its challenges of bigotry, alternatively denying and tasting the fruits of the power his life-time friend offers to him. It is a story of the evils of selfishness and deception, mixed with hopeful relationships made difficult to sustain. This is especially cogent given the current prejudice issues. Author Cecere writes with the touch of an old master in what is his first novel, well past his 90th birthday!! Del Harris, friend, author of On Point, 4 steps to better life-teams and Attacking the Zone Defenses, both available at
Don't know if it's just because I know the 97 year old author, but I absolutely loved this book! I Highly recommend it!
An elegant novel about the function of place in both the outward life and in the human heart. Danny Castleforte strives to escape the shame and limitations he feels for his Italian American neighborhood and becomes the successful Daniel Castle. But is he free or simply uprooted, as old passions and new perils constantly beckon him back to where he started. In reading this often heart-aching story, one recalls the famous last line in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby –- “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
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