A gritty story of a woman
learning to survive in 20th-century Gangland, New York
In early 20th-century Sicily,
noblewoman Mimi Inglese, a talented painter, dreams of escaping the rigid
expectations of her class by gaining admission to the Palermo Art Academy. But
when she contracts tuberculosis, her ambitions are shattered. With the Sicilian
nobility in decline, she and her family leave for New York City in search of a
fresh start.
Instead of opportunity, Mimi is
pulled into the dark underbelly of city life and her father’s money laundering
scheme. When he is sent to prison, desperation forces her to put her artistic
talent to a new use—counterfeiting $5 bills to keep her family from starvation
and, perhaps, to one day reclaim her dream of painting. But as Gangland
violence escalates and tragedy strikes, Mimi must summon the courage to flee
before she is trapped forever in a life she never wanted.
From Sicily’s sun-bleached shores to the crowded streets of immigrant New York, Seeds of the Pomegranate is a story of courage, art, and the women who refused to disappear.
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Suzanne
Uttaro Samuels writes about women who defy expectations and the secrets that
shape families across generations.
Her debut novel, Seeds of the Pomegranate (Sibylline Press, 2025), follows a young Sicilian noblewoman whose search for freedom and art leads her into the hidden world of counterfeiters in early twentieth-century New York.
A former law professor turned novelist, Suzanne now lives in a lakeside cottage in the Adirondack Mountains with her husband, dog, and two cats. When she’s not writing, she’s exploring old family stories, local history, and the way memory lingers in the places we call home.
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