Painting The Invisible Man
By Rita Schiano
In 2001, while researching the online archives of her hometown newspaper for a client, freelance writer Rita Schiano made a keying error-a simple mistake that led her to a path she’d been avoiding most of her life; on a journey inside the world of her father, killed gangland-style more than two decades ago.
Schiano turned that difficult journey into an engrossing novel, , which explores the complex dynamics of growing up in an Italian family on the fringes of the Mafia.
“What is often talked about in fiction writing is that every novel has pieces of the author’s life hidden in the details. In Rita Schiano’s emotionally riveting novel, Painting the Invisible Man, there is no hiding the parallels between Rita’s life and that of her main character, Anna Matteo. Painting the Invisible Man explores truth through the veil of fiction and highlights these truths with honesty and emotional intensity. - BookFinds.com
"Rita Schiano has proven herself to be a powerful, talented storyteller." - Shelfari Author Review
“Rita Schiano's Painting the Invisible Man is absolutely riveting. Described by the author as "somewhere between a contemporary
By Rita Schiano
In 2001, while researching the online archives of her hometown newspaper for a client, freelance writer Rita Schiano made a keying error-a simple mistake that led her to a path she’d been avoiding most of her life; on a journey inside the world of her father, killed gangland-style more than two decades ago.
Schiano turned that difficult journey into an engrossing novel, , which explores the complex dynamics of growing up in an Italian family on the fringes of the Mafia.
“What is often talked about in fiction writing is that every novel has pieces of the author’s life hidden in the details. In Rita Schiano’s emotionally riveting novel, Painting the Invisible Man, there is no hiding the parallels between Rita’s life and that of her main character, Anna Matteo. Painting the Invisible Man explores truth through the veil of fiction and highlights these truths with honesty and emotional intensity. - BookFinds.com
"Rita Schiano has proven herself to be a powerful, talented storyteller." - Shelfari Author Review
“Rita Schiano's Painting the Invisible Man is absolutely riveting. Described by the author as "somewhere between a contemporary
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historical novel and a roman a clef," Painting the Invisible Man is a fictional telling of Schiano's own experiences growing up in a family onthe fringe of organized crime. Schiano writes with an earthy beauty that is almost poetic. And, she is utterly believable, raw, and genuine. - Mama Zen - Book Blogger/Reviewer
"Written with razor-sharp wit, Painting the Invisible Man is an absorbing tale that smoothly blends the quest for truth with the complexities of a self-portrait." - Midwest Book Review
"Written with razor-sharp wit, Painting the Invisible Man is an absorbing tale that smoothly blends the quest for truth with the complexities of a self-portrait." - Midwest Book Review
