Product Description What would you do if you witnessed your best friend, an innocent child's murder? Would you remain idle, overcome by fear and not act, or would you go against a city of people who have become numb to justice? Would you ignore your own well fare and risk everything to avenge his death? Please follow me into the life of a woman, Pamela Lorella, who is tortured by these questions and is faced by this dilemma in my novel, Dark corners. Pamela Lorella is relegated to live in a poor neighborhood by her father Aldo, who divorced her mother Maria, and left Pam to work at his bakery, "La Favella", managed by his brother, the ruthless Don Tonino, who treats Pam with cruelty. Pam witnesses the murder of her young friend, the little Ciccio, a beggar boy who lives in her neighborhood. She is overcome by grief for his loss and fights to keep her sanity. She later on meets a handsome young man, Ferdinand, the aid to the Ambassador of the French Embassy in Palermo. They fall in love but inevitably have to deal with Gertrude, Ferdinand's cruel and severe mother. He tries to help Pam in her search for justice but she is submersed in a whirlwind of events that try her spirit. From the Back Cover What would you do if you witnessed your best friend, aninnocent child's murder? Would you remain idle,overcome by fear and not act, or would you go against acity of people who have become numb to justice? Wouldyou ignore your own welfare and risk everything toavenge his death?Please follow me into the life of a woman, PamelaLorella, who is tortured by these questions and is faced bythis dilemma in my novel, Dark corners. Pamela Lorellais relegated to live in a poor neighborhood by her fatherAldo, who divorced her mother Maria, and left Pam towork at his bakery, "La Favella", managed by his brother,the ruthless Don Tonino, who treats Pam with cruelty.Pam witnesses the murder of her young friend, the littleCiccio, a beggar boy who lives in her neighborhood. Sheis overcome by grief for his loss and fights to keep hersanity. She later on meets a handsome young man,Ferdinand, the aid to the Ambassador of the FrenchEmbassy in Palermo. They fall in love but inevitably haveto deal with Gertrude, Ferdinand's cruel and severemother. He tries to help Pam in her search for justice butshe is submersed in a whirlwind of events that try herspirit. About the Author My pen name is Aria Cross. I was born in Sicily, in the beautiful city of Palermo on March 10, 1968 and I have lived there during my childhood with my parents, Salvatrice and Pietro, and my two sisters, Marina and Jackie. I grew up in San Nicola L'Arena, a small town about forty minutes from Palermo. Sicily is part of me and I will never forget the smells, the countryside, the mountains, the history and the Mediterranean and all the memories that connect me to that place. I met my soul mate and loving and faithful husband, Salvatore there until we moved to America in 1994 with my firstborn and best friend, Bruno and then I had four more wonderful children, Peter, Xavian, Davon and Rosemari, all who light up my existence and give me reason for living. I live in the Hamptons, in New York. I am a writer; I write. I haven't won awards, enrolled in prestigious colleges or have been part of writer's groups. I'm just a mother who by chance has always loved to write. Writing and reading have been a hunger in me since childhood, as a thirst for knowledge and meaning. Writing for me is a way to express myself. It is something that I prefer to speaking, since the tongue is a traitor when let loose; you never know what it will say. The act of writing gives me time to reflect as to what truly I want to project. Thoughts come to me; silly thoughts, deep thoughts, constructed and not. I write them down. I always walk with a piece of paper and a pencil in my pocket to capture these thoughts which are fleeting, never to return again. I was told once that I am just a mom, an ordi