The Queen of Steeplechase Park

De: David Ciminello

Narrado por: Elisabeth Ashby

The Queen of Steeplechase Park is the absolutely, positively, practically, almost-true story of infamous burlesque queen and magic meatball maker Belladonna Marie Donato.

Pregnant at fifteen after gleefully losing her virginity to pansexual neighborhood strongman Francis Anthony Mozzarelli, she is robbed of her baby by a pack of nefarious nuns and her embittered papa has her sterilized without her consent (legal in 1935). With the help of a besotted Francis and her top-secret meatball recipe, a devastated Bella embarks on a riotous quest through Depression-era Coney Island sideshows, the tawdry world of peek-a-boo striptease routines, a queer mob marriage, and a tasty collection of wisdom-filled recipes to find her lost child, herself, and maybe even true love. It all leads Bella back home, to the scene of her Original Sin, where she boldly faces matters of life and death, questions of forgiveness, and a holy mess only the healing properties of great Italian cooking can fix.

Contains mature themes.

©2024 David Ciminello (P)2024 Tantor

Loved this book

Well crafted story. Loved the recipes that are woven into the book. Bella is a unique character. I enjoyed getting to know her along the way.

Omg I hav÷ never a Good time with a BOOK!!!!!

I didnt want it to End. This author Mind needs to be bottled. So much going on. The recipes. Belladonna Loved her. He family Her circus family. Francis Omg A good time was Had!!!!!