A collection of short autobiographical stories explore the trials of a boy vying for his mother's attention as she searches for love, struggling for control, and living on the streets of San Francisco.

"When a Hollywood producer comes to Oriana Fallaci at the end of her life to propose a movie, the story unfolds of her gutsy career as a journalist, her tragic love, and her greatest regret. Oriana was born a rebel. She fought beside her father at age fourteen in Italy's Resistance against the Nazis and overcame poverty, the lack of a university education, and the relentless sexism in the newsroom. By 1973 when she moved to New York, Oriana Fallaci...

"In the wake of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 1942 Rose Bowl was moved from Pasadena to Duke University out of fear of further Japanese attacks on the West Coast. Shortly after this unforgettable game, many of the players and coaches left their respective colleges, entered the military, and went on to serve around the world in famous battlegrounds, from Iwo Jima and Okinawa to Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, where fate and destiny would bring...