Author of Love & Loyalty
Lisa Bryant with DelmarvaLife on WBOC-TV interviewed Josephine B. Pasquarello on August 28, 2017 Josephine shared her true story about growing up the tenth of twelve children when her father was murdered, the result of mob violence. She describes what it was like being raised by an amazing single mother in South Philadelphia in the [...]
Our family moved from South Philly in 1955. We had lived in an Italian neighborhood with lots of my Dad’s brothers and sisters and their families living around us. Once my Dad was murdered, we moved to be safer. We went to an Irish neighborhood in southwest Philly. This made us feel out of place [...]
One of my favorite Christmas memories centers around crusty Italian bread and gravy. I let the soft center of the bread soak up as much gravy as it could hold and then popped the bread in my mouth. Delicious! It was good food and time together as a family that made our celebrations special since [...]