Wonderland Book Club

Co-sponsored by the NC Writers Network

Join us as we welcome Calabash, NC, author Joan Leotta, author of Secrets of the Heart, a work of historical fiction. In the middle of the night in January, 1865, two Union soldiers set out on a reconnaissance mission just before the battle of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Rinaldo DeBartolo wants to finish the mission and to return to Italy and his sweetheart, Emilia. When he and his partner, Walter discover  hidden gold, a trail of secrets begins. That trail winds through the Italian unification, two world wars and a tangle of immigration to reach into Rome Italy in the 1990s at the time of Desert Storm. There, the descendants of the American De Bartolo family meet Rinaldo's descendents.

Joan is originally from Pittsburgh where she began to write at an early age, receiving various awards form high school on. After a career as an economist she settled into the life of a wife, mom, performing storyteller and freelance writer, eventually carving out time for books. Secrets of the Heart is available as in e-book here, http://www.desertbreezepublishing.com/legacy-of-honor-book-four-secrets-of-the-heart-epub/

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC  

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Location:  Center for Excellence 3803-B Computer Drive, Suite 106

Raleigh, NC 27609   

When:  Friday, July 31, 2015 from 10-12noon

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