Language of My Choosing: a creative Scots-Italian memoir by Anne Pia
Where do I truly belong? This is the question Anne Pia continually asked of herself growing up in the Italian-Scots community of post-World War Two Edinburgh. This candid, vibrant memoir shares her struggle to bridge the gap between a traditional immigrant way of life and attaining her goal of becoming an independent-minded professional woman. Through her journey beyond the expectations of family, she discovers how much relationships with other people enhance, inhibit and ultimately define self. Yet like her relationship with her own mother her belonging in her Italian and Scottish heritages remains to this day unresolved and complex.