![]() Daughter of an explosive Italian cop (later a detective) and a dourly submissive mother, she learned early that her hometown of Wallingford, Conn., had a self-perpetuating caste system-and she was a member of the Italian working class, the kind of girl who didn't get to go to college. By the time she was in junior high, Donofrio had mastered the art of hiding her intelligence behind a smart mouth and a bad attitude. New York City free-lance journalist Donofrio (the Village Voice, etc.) writes with pluck and humor of her life as a bad gid-""As in the gift who got pregnant in high school."" Thanks to her innate wit and drive-and a scholarship to Wesleyan-her memoir has a happy ending as she makes a creative odyssey out of a working-class Connecticut tragedy. ![]()
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