Winner of the 2012 National Italian-American Literary Achievement Award from the Sons of Italy in America. These humble, hard-working immigrants could have never, in their wildest dreams, imagined that they would change the course of American society and world history. By telling the story of one family and their struggles to become Americans, Amoruso, in a larger sense, tells the tale of millions of people who came to this nation seeking a better life.

Younger generations will learn about their past - no matter where their family came from. A moving, warm, poignant and totally entertaining read, Being Italian: A Memoir will have you laughing, crying and reminiscing about your childhood memories. It is the story of huge Sunday macaroni dinners with Grandpa's homemade red wine and Grandma's big apron, big heart and thick Italian accent. Being Italian: A Memoir is about Marino Amoruso's big Italian- American family of warm, funny and passionate immigrant Italians who blended the generations and passed on the traditions and values of the 'old world' to the new. These descendants and the generations that followed have helped to form the great American melting pot. At the age of 35 he opened his own workshop, and developed a following in France and Japan.Don't ever forget where you came from! Every American, every family, has an immigrant generation that began life 'on the other side' - coming to this nation carrying their traditions, culture, values, hopes and dreams. He worked there for seven years, before becoming a technical instructor teaching leather work to disadvantaged youth. In 1970, directly after his studies and at 18 years of age, he was hired by Hermès to work in their trunk department. His brother worked at a book publisher’s and was surrounded by scraps of leather used to bind books – these scraps took on a new meaning to Serge and inspired him to train as a leather worker. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. However, it was not wood that caught his attention in the end, it was leather. Buy Being Italian: A Memoir by Amoruso, Marino (ISBN: 9780983693109) from Amazons Book Store. His father was a wood sculptor, and so he grew up surrounded by an array of materials, tools and beautiful artistic gestures that continue to inspire him to this day. Serge Amoruso comes from a creative lineage.

He trained at Ecole Grégoire-Ferrandi in Paris.

Serge grew up in a family of cabinetmakers.

Being Italian by Marino Amoruso