| Preface |
ix |
| Introduction |
xi |
| Maria Di Maria, Faith Healer and Dispeller of the Evil Eye |
1 |
| Death on Christmas Eve |
7 |
| Maria and My Father Clash |
13 |
| Innocents Abroad |
15 |
| Boxing Lessons |
19 |
| Our First Christmas Tree |
23 |
| Maria and Concetta Gossip |
27 |
| A Family of Bootleggers Comes to the Neighborhood |
31 |
| Maria Treats a Broken Ankle |
35 |
| Jimmy McGinty, Councilman and Manager of the Ginney Block |
39 |
| Maria Makes a Prediction |
43 |
| A Musical Bricklayer |
45 |
| A Boy and a Horse Die by Fire |
49 |
| The Public Library Comes Into My Life |
55 |
| Murder in the Ginney Block |
61 |
| Wine Making Time in the Ginney Block |
65 |
| Kissing Games |
69 |
| TB Comes to the Ginney Block |
73 |
| A Ginney Block Kid Goes to Prison |
77 |
| A Ginney Block Kid Becomes a Library Page |
81 |
| We are Evicted from the Ginney Block |
85 |
| Epilogue |
91 |
| About The Author |
95 |