CAMILLE CUSUMANO is a Northern California novelist, essayist, and travel writer whose work explores Sicilian American family life, wilderness, tango, travel, spirituality, and belonging. She is the author of the new novel The Mystique of the Last Cannoliand the memoir Tango: An Argentine Love Story.
Selected essays and publications.
What remains after the last cannoli is gone? In The Mystique of the Last Cannoli, Camille Cusumano creates a richly textured world of Sicilian American family life where food, music, memory, longing, humor, and old-country mythology intertwine. At once comic and poignant, the novel explores the emotional inheritance passed between generations: family loyalties, buried grief, reinvention, appetite, and the stories we tell to survive. Set against the backdrop of Italian American culture and infused with warmth, wit, and lyrical observation, The Mystique of the Last Cannoli celebrates both the chaos and tenderness of family life. Perfect for readers who enjoy multigenerational family stories, literary fiction with heart, and novels steeped in food, music, and cultural memory.
Centanni Publications
“Slow-cooked words for hungry minds”
Published by Centanni Publications.
Slow-cooked words for hungry minds
Bio
Camille Cusumano is a journalist, book author, and editor. She has written for numerous publications. Her travel memoir, TANGO: an Argentine Love Story, was published in 2008 by Seal Press.
