{"product_id":"daughters-of-stone-and-tide-loss-and-resilience-in-a-fishermans-family-paperback","title":"Daughters of Stone and Tide: Loss and Resilience in a Fisherman's Family - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaria Mia Millefoglie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful family memoir about inheritance, identity, and the pull of the sea\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurrendered as an infant in America, Maria \"Mia\" was taken in by Sicilian immigrants in Gloucester, Massachusetts--a gritty working-class town steeped in salt and tradition. She inherits a name that traces back to 19th-century Sicily, where her great-grandfather was abandoned as a newborn on \u003ci\u003ela ruota dei proietti\u003c\/i\u003e, the \"wheel of the castoffs.\" Christened Millefoglie, \"a thousand leaves, a thousand pages,\" he crossed the bold Atlantic to America's shores, carrying with him a legacy of endurance and exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, the Millefoglie men went to sea: dorymen who rose before dawn to cast their nets along jagged coastlines, captains of eastern-rig draggers navigating storms that could split a vessel in half, stowaways chasing the promise of a life they could scarcely imagine. They lived by tides, currents, and the unspoken rules of the ocean; their courage and skill tested daily by wind and water. The women, left on shore, learned a different kind of survival, keeping households, raising children, and enduring the constant absence of fathers, brothers, and husbands. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto this world of fishermen and keepers of the shore, Mia was adopted, learning early that bloodlines dictate identity and tradition shapes fate. College is forbidden; marriages are arranged, and no one abandons the family. By nineteen, trapped in a fish-packing job and lost in a haze of drugs, Mia does the unthinkable: she leaves. Decades later, drawn back to Gloucester's weathered harbor to care for her aging parents, Mia begins to unearth her family's buried stories, tracing the lineage from a Sicilian orphanage to a New England fishing port and the invisible inheritance that shaped them all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth intimate and historical, \u003ci\u003eDaughters of Stone and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on identity, abandonment, and belonging--a fisherman's daughter's search to understand the forces that bind and break a family across generations and seas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARIA \"MIA\" MILLEFOGLIE\u003c\/b\u003e is a creative writer who has focused on immigration and assimilation, religious and cultural traditions, women's roles in the workplace, healthcare, and the New England fishing industry. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Stonecoast Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEntropy\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is a contributing author of \u003ci\u003eOur People, Our Stories: The Gloucester 400+ Commemorative Book\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54758742360397,"sku":"9781625349569","price":36.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/2R2mFSbMzm9781625349569.webp?v=1789588218","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/daughters-of-stone-and-tide-loss-and-resilience-in-a-fishermans-family-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}