I Love You Like a Tomato

hiChi Maggiordino will do anything to get God's attention. She will hold her breath and stand on one foot, remain on tiptoe for an hour, walk backward for a mile, go up and down all stairs on her knees. . . .When her grandmother teachers her how to use the Evil Eye, telling her that it's how Jesus Christ made his miracles-and, even more impressively, it's how the Italians got rid of Mussolini-ChiChi realizes it's what her prayers have been missing. But in Minneapolis in the 1950s, it seems nothing can make life easier, especially when you're female, Italian, and, well . . . different. As ChiChi grows from a child into a young woman, she keeps trying-and failing-to ignore a harsh fact: Not even the power of the Evil Eye can keep people from changing.Giordano, Marie is the author of 'I Love You Like a Tomato', published 2003 under ISBN 9780765306685 and ISBN 0765306689.