Join us for a talk with author Camille Cusumano and a reading from her novel, The Mystique of the Last Cannoli, hosted by Book Passage and organized by the Left Coast Writers®.
Saturday February 14th, 2026 — 2 PM
Book Passage-Corte Madera|| 51 Tamal Vista Dr. Corte Madera ||
When Carmela Donitella, youngest of a large Sicilian-American family, discovers someone is blackmailing her father who wants to open an orphanage, she enlists the help of her four older sisters, aka the Sister Mob.
A comedy of errors ensues as they untangle the obstacles to their father’s dream and, in doing so, reveal the mystery of the last cannoli.
Camille Cusumano is the author of the memoir, Tango, an Argentine Love Story, the novel, The Last Cannoli, and
literary anthologies on France, Italy, Mexico, and Greece. She has written for many publications, including National Geographic Traveler, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times and her short fiction has placed in the Kurt Vonnegut, Zoetrope, and Katherine Anne Porter contests.
Camille lives and writes in San Francisco and dances tango around the world.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, founder of City Lights Bookstore and Publishing and Legendary San Francisco Poet Laureate had this to say about Camille’s first novel on the topic:
“The Last Cannoli attests to the power of storytelling to hold life together through all its diasporas.” —Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The program will feature a short “in conversation” between Camille and novelist Linda Watanabe McFerrin, followed by a reading, a Q&A session, and refreshments.
Dark clothing and sunglasses optional but always recommended …