Debut Fiction Novel 'Children of Italy' Receives Honorable Mention at Hollywood Book Festival

LOS ANGELES - July 27, 2016 - PRLog -- Christine Simolke's debut novel Children of Italy received an Honorable Mention at the Hollywood Book Festival in Hollywood, California on Thursday, July 21, 2016.

The Hollywood Book Festival aims to spotlight literature worthy of further consideration by the talent hungry pipeline of the entertainment industry. Simolke's novel placed an Honorable mention in the fiction category.

Karen Dugas, Reviewer from Book of the Month Club stated, "Our country has been made great by immigration and this is a wonderful story of one immigrant family from Italy who makes a life despite hardships and temptations. It is a fresh, loving, sad, and joyful look at how one family adjusts to life in a new country. This is a great read from a new voice in historical fiction."

Children of Italy is now available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble in both print and Kindle.

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