{"product_id":"the-porch-of-saints-and-secrets-hardcover-1","title":"The Porch of Saints and Secrets - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLou Basenese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere saints watch and secrets rise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the divided town of Netcong, New Jersey, one side of the tracks carries Naples pride. The other holds Cesa grit. Between them stand porches lined with saints, candles burning through the night, and generations of Italian-American families bound by faith, rivalry, tradition, and silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor decades, the Benedetto and Marzano families have lived across from one another, their lives shaped by feast-day processions, church bells, simmering kitchens, whispered prayers, and the quiet rules of a town where everyone knows your name, but not always the truth behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the story is Gus Benedetto, a boy born into a legacy he does not understand, and Lorenzo, his son, a man whose hunger for power, belonging, and redemption will awaken a past Netcong has long tried to bury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the town changes across generations, from immigrant families building lives around faith, work, and front-porch conversations, to a later world where old houses remain but the names, voices, and customs begin to fade, secrets once protected in the name of love begin to fracture everything they were meant to preserve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hidden letter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn extinguished candle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA family tree no one wants to complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA truth that refuses to stay buried.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*The Porch of Saints and Secrets* is a haunting family saga about faith, memory, loyalty, silence, and the cost of forgetting who we are. Set against the rituals and rivalries of a small Italian-American town, it is a story of the burdens we inherit, the choices that echo through generations, and the saints who keep watching long after everyone else looks away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who enjoy atmospheric family dramas, generational secrets, Italian-American stories, small-town fiction, and novels rooted in memory, faith, and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 174\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53742441595187,"sku":"9798999016881","price":57.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/UYDKe1dm3t9798999016881_3e07e92b-aaaa-42b2-a0f4-d50db58111f7.webp?v=1785226023","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-porch-of-saints-and-secrets-hardcover-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}