The Vietri Project Author:Nicola DeRobertis-Theye Gabriele, in her early twenties, is working at a bookstore in Berkeley when she becomes intrigued by a Signor Vietri, who sends large and unusual book orders from Rome. Unsure about her choices and her future, Gabriele quits her job and makes a trip to Italy to try to locate Vietri. Her search for the man becomes a discovery of his life story, a... more »s well as a rediscovery of her extended family in Rome. Through her journey, Gabriele begins to accept what it means to be a member of a family, a citizen of a country, and a woman in the world.« less