A funny, poignant memoir of the author's annual eleven day transition from Wall Street to his family's Italian sausage business at the Wisconsin State Fair. A return to family, hometown...and self. Great Americana!
Welcome to the August lives of Amatore Mille and his family. The year is 2001...and 1957...and 1973 - actually, every year, since 1932 - when the Milles began an August summer tradition of selling Italian sausage sandwiches at The Wisconsin State Fair. You are about to enter a world where Italian immigrant grandparents leave their indelible mark on three subsequent generations, where a father, in his inimitable way, focuses on the family business...and his family...for eleven days of each summer, and where children grow up with sawdust underfoot and State Fair attractions all around.
In episodes that move between present and past, the author takes you on a tour of family escapades that, in turn, are laugh-out-loud funny...and touching...where grandma, with no experience, is forced to drive expensive cars, grandpa provides light-hearted amusement (but little work), and the author, through misadventures and near-tragedy, finally learns what the family business is really all about.
Amatore "Matt" Mille was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and currently resides just outside of Philadelphia in Wayne, Pennsylvania. He works as a part-time writer and full-time sales executive in the financial services information technology industry and shares time between his offices in midtown New York and at home. He is married and has two young children, a stepson and three grown children (and five grandchildren) from a previous marriage.
Eleven Days in August: A Chronicle of Summers is Amatore's first book. He can be contacted through Trafford Publishing or, directly, at: Amatore@comcast.net