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Powers of Fate

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2020 marks the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of World War II. As the free world prepares to honor those heros who re-defined history, there is a lesser known, yet remarkable, consequence to the war that has created millions of new families.


It is estimated that almost 100,000 young women from across Europe, who came to be known as war brides, met and married American soilders during the course of the war. Powers of Fate is based upon a true story and explores the war bride phenomenon in a vivid and fascinating intimacy.

This novel is a love story between a roguish American GI and the beautiful Italian girl that changed his life. But it is much more than just a love story...it's a slice of history...a tale of destiny...two lives from two different worlds, brought together by the random powers of fate. It provides an intimate perspective of World War II from both a soldier's and a victim's point of view. Powers of Fate is a moving story of courage, survival, personal growth and devotion to family. It's about the strength of love and of all the young war brides who discarded everything their lives were made of, for the sake of it.

The storyline is a journey back in time to the mid 1930's, with all of the cultural elements of that generation on grand display. Speak easys, elaborate night clubs and seaside trattorias serve as a backdrop where the lives of the main protaginsts are carefully detailed in moments of joy, sorrow and a terror only war is capable of producing. Along the way, the reader meets a growing cast of colorful characters such as loving family, mobsters and endearing wartime friends and strangers.


About the Author: Born in Naples, Italy in 1945, Mono D'Angelo is the son of an American soldier and an Italian war bride. He was raised in and around the Detroit, Michigan region of the Midwest. After devoting thirty-some years to a career as an automotive design engineer and freelance artist, he is now focusing on his writing. He began writing seriously after joining several online writers groups. Bolstered by encouragement received from some members of the group, he began to promote his writing locally. He has since written articles for major-media newspapers, such as the Detroit News, as well as for the online travel magazine, Trips and Journeys.

As an Italian-American who's heritage is directly linked to the war bride experience, his creative non-fiction novel, Powers of Fate, is based upon the unique lives of his parents. Combining family folklore, personal memories and a great deal of historical research, he addresses the war bride phenomenon from the private and personal viewpoint of the participants.

He presently resides with his wife in Grosse Ile, Michigan, a quaint island community located on the northwest corner of Lake Erie. When he is not writing or painting, he enjoys racing his sailboat on the Great Lakes.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781403312594
  • Publisher: Authorhouse
  • Publisher Imprint: AuthorHouse
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 684
  • Spine Width: 41 mm
  • Weight: 1201 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1403312591
  • Publisher Date: 12 Oct 2002
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Story of Love and Courage Born Amid the Ruins of War-Torn Italy
  • Width: 152 mm


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