A new book by Rose Romano

The arsenic in the drinking water in the entire province of Viterbo is over the level permitted by the European Union, enough to cause serious health problems, including lymphoma, a type of cancer. There are about 1,000 different kinds of lymphoma, divided into three groups. People in the first group can be cured. People in the second group, if they get the proper treatment, can expect to live almost as long as people who don’t have lymphoma. People in the third group are going to die pretty quickly no matter what they do.

Alice thinks she’s in the third group. Maybe she is. But that doesn’t justify what she did.

Beyond the Leash

a novel by Rose Romano

From the back cover:

“I just had this paranoid idea that after I die and people come to look through my stuff, someone who reads English and had a loved one who died of cancer, will see all the stupid things I’ve written in these notebooks and will be hurt, angry, and offended. But I really don’t mean to belittle the pain and fear of others. I just want to belittle my own.”

Rose Romano is an Italian-American living in Italy for too many years. In the United States, she published a literary journal, la bella figura, and founded malafemmina press, publishing only the work of Italian-Americans. Her books of poetry (Vendetta and The Wop Factor) and her anthology (La bella figura: a choice), all published by malafemmina press, are included in the collections of many public and university libraries. Her work has been taught at universities in the United States and Canada. She has organized and participated in poetry readings and book presentations in the United States, Canada, and Italy.

She was diagnosed with cancer in December 2010. Since her last chemotherapy/immunotherapy treatments in May 2012, she’s been in complete remission and total denial.

Beyond the Leash is available from Amazon and other online stores.

ISBN: 979-12-200-1763-3