Vivian Pisano recently released Living in Two Worlds: A Memoir (Arc Light Books). This lyrically evocative memoir is a story of love, loss, and reflection. Vivian, born to an American mother and Chilean father, has an idyllic childhood in her father’s country. At the age of ten, Vivian’s world was disrupted as her sister’s illness takes the mother and children abruptly back to California, without Papá. From there displacement, grief, and resentments drive Vivian’s search for identity and belonging. The book is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, at local independent bookstores, and libraries.
July 1, 2022
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