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I got an Italian grandmother to cook me a chickpea casserole for Christmas

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In 2019 , I got an Italian grandmother for Christmas . Her name is Maria Volontà and she’ll be 100 years old in February .

We’re not related by blood; and were strangers the day she first cooked me her Christmas Eve chickpea casserole.

Juliet Grames wrote The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia with her two Calabrian advisors.

She was honored to use their names for main characters in her novel about their beautiful, secret corner of the world.

Connecting with our heritage can bring us joy, but connecting with someone else's heritage can be just as joyful.