The Proxy Bride

Download or read book The Proxy Bride written by Terri Favro and published by Quattro Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Niagara of the 1960s, a mysterious proxy bride arrives from Italy to marry a candy shop owner with crime connections, only to fall in love with her proxy husband's teenaged son. Part fairy tale, part gritty realism, The Proxy Bride explores the underbelly of a southern Ontario community steeped in gambling, smuggling and pornography. Terri Favro's The Proxy Bride is a brilliantly constructed tale of innocence versus wickedness.