This is Book One of the East Clifton Avenue Family Trilogy. A family saga filled with sadness, disappointment, a pulling apart and subsequently coming together with unconditional love.

When the patriarch and unofficial mayor of East Clifton Avenue, Enzo Buonoforte, dies suddenly of a heart attack, long-held family and friends' secrets begin to emerge. For the seven Buonoforte children and their mother, Anna, his death raises more questions than answers.

Why did he insist his new bride move to America months before he would? Who are these people attending his wake and how were they connected? Why is there such a mystery surrounding the Crucifix under glass that Enzo has kept in his bedroom for years? And, perhaps the biggest question of all, what will become of Anna now that Enzo is gone?Enzo wanted nothing more than for his family to stay close and help one another, but even before his death, he could see the family drifting apart. His dream of coming to America from Sicily and giving his children a better life had come true, but at what cost? Can his youngest daughter, Chiara, get the answers they seek and bring the family back together?.