{"id":20015,"date":"2026-05-09T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/?p=20015"},"modified":"2026-05-07T16:01:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:01:10","slug":"under-the-light-of-the-italian-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/under-the-light-of-the-italian-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Under the Light of the Italian Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20015\" class=\"elementor elementor-20015\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-695009c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"695009c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ae30d0\" data-id=\"4ae30d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-595a29b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"595a29b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/sotto-la-luce-della-luna-italiana\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Italian Translation<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e43ce81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e43ce81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">By Jennifer Anton<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">My novel,\u00a0<em>Under the Light of the Italian Moon<\/em>, was born from a deeply personal journey into my family\u2019s past in northern Italy. What began as a search for answers became a fourteen-year exploration of love, loss, and, above all, the strength of Italian women.<\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20017 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2-910x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"213\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2-910x1024.jpg 910w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2-768x865.jpg 768w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2-1364x1536.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2-21x24.jpg 21w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2-32x36.jpg 32w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2-43x48.jpg 43w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Picture2.jpg 1734w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Set against the backdrop of two world wars and the rise of fascism, the story follows women who endured unimaginable hardship while holding their families and communities together. It follows Nina Argenta, the daughter of a strong willed midwife, as she falls in love with Pietro Pante, a childhood friend who leaves Italy for the coal mines of America.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As an Italian-American, bringing this story back into the Italian language has been especially meaningful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the lead-up to Mother\u2019s Day, I\u2019m reminded that this novel is, at its heart, a tribute to mothers, grandmothers, and the generations of women whose courage shaped our lives and deserve to be remembered.<\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20018 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chrome_vfRkjioIFn.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chrome_vfRkjioIFn.png 768w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chrome_vfRkjioIFn-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chrome_vfRkjioIFn-24x19.png 24w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chrome_vfRkjioIFn-36x29.png 36w, https:\/\/italianlanguagefoundation.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chrome_vfRkjioIFn-48x38.png 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/p><p><em>Bio: Jennifer Anton is an Italian-American author and\u00a0Under the Light of the Italian Moon\u00a0is her debut novel. She divides her time between London and Lake Como. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian Translation By Jennifer Anton My novel,\u00a0Under the Light of the Italian Moon, was born from a deeply personal journey into my family\u2019s past in northern Italy. 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