"Roots" with Domenico Cornacchia, Frank Di Piero & Emily Cipriani Marchetti

This week on The Italian Radio Hour - In conversation with young Italian author from Abruzzo Domenico Cornacchia, Frank Di Piero (from Keeping it Real with Frankie D), and Emily Cipriani Marchetti on a topic that means so much to all of us, "roots" who is also the English title of Domenico's book (in Italian: RESTO QUI). Roots by Domenico Cornacchia aims to preserve a culture that has been passed down orally for centuries before sources of information disappears. Starting from Emily, she shared the importance about her own exploring, researching and documenting those stories, memories, and memories that have shaped the values she grew up on, and prepared for her trip to her ancestral town of Valle Castellana. Followed by Frank (the two of them, actually met in Bugnara (AQ) , Frank's family hometown) and his continuous mission of educating current and future generations on what it means to be Italian and understand one's past. Via Domenico, and his book, we hear the voices of the elderly that have lived a past that is no more, people that have passed so much wisdom to us of a life that was made of hardship, solidarity and emigration but not in a nostalgic way, but as a way to enrich our soul, explore the world, and spring us towards the future, while staying connected with the place most dear to our heart. ROOTS or in Italian “RESTO QUI” is set in a small patch of land on the border between Abruzzo and Marche, narrated through the eyes and ears of a boy who still proudly lives and wakes up every morning in that place with his family. The title encapsulates the resilience of those people who still believe in the beauty of life in these places and aims to connect all the people who live out of Italy and who have origins in these wonderful places in order to keep the memory and remembrance alive. Today, perhaps more than ever, the commitment of the new generations lies not only in looking toward the future but also in preserving the past. ROOTS in English https://a.co/d/dl24rvJ RESTO QUI in Italian: https://www.amazon.it/Resto-Santa-Rufina-Castellana-dAbruzzo/dp/883381372X