SuitabookHeritage and belonging
Joe reconnects with his Italian heritage while living in Bryn Mawr, South Wales, where his family café reflects an immigrant family history.
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G.R. Gemin - Author
A warm, humorous coming-of-age story about Joe Morelli’s attempt to save his family café. Alongside business ideas and community life, Joe explores his Italian heritage and the history of Italian immigrants in Wales.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA warm, humorous coming-of-age story about Joe Morelli’s attempt to save his family café. Alongside business ideas and community life, Joe explores his Italian heritage and the history of Italian immigrants in Wales.
Joe reconnects with his Italian heritage while living in Bryn Mawr, South Wales, where his family café reflects an immigrant family history.
Joe tries to respond to the threatened sale of the family café by creating opportunities and bringing Italian flavour to the tired High Street.
Joe explores opportunities within his multicultural community and aims to add Italian flavour to the local High Street.
The story includes a family business under pressure and a grandfather who becomes ill. It may be worth checking in with a reader who finds family illness or financial uncertainty emotionally difficult.
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