The Third Attic and Other Brooklyn Stories

Being a member of a large, caring, Italian-American family is not only a privilege and a great gift, but it also bears an obligation. It comes with a requisite responsibility the active participation in the helpful caring for others.

A man reflects on a lifetime of love, unforgettable friends, and a dedicated family in the nostalgic memoir, The Third Attic and Other Brooklyn Stories.

Vincent Manago reminisces on a boyhood spent in 1950s and 1960s Brooklyn, New York with his Italian-American family.

Readers will delight in hearing of Vincent s search for the elusive Third Attic, a secret room reportedly hidden within the yawning reaches of the attics of the local church that was built in part by Vincent s grandfather during the dawn of the twentieth century.

Learn of the young Jewish couple who help their Italian neighbors in a time of need, only to have the kindness repaid in the most unexpected way during World War II.

Experience Vincent s life through adolescence in Brooklyn, his young loves, and his chance meeting with the woman who would become his wife.

These stories and more help reconstruct the nuances of a life well lived, in an era that has long since passed.