Word: rechetti
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...contributed a novel whose muted prurience is almost prim. The story concerns the adventures of two U.S. Quakeresses* named Bean. They are natives of Lanesboro, Pa., where the Widow Bean's father keeps a general store. There, after a week of whirlwind courtship, an itinerant spaghetti salesman named Rechetti marries the widow and whisks her and her daughter, Tilli, off to Italy. He has neglected to tell his U.S. wife that he has an Italian wife still living. But the singular Quakeress and the bigamist decide that this really does not matter...
...Tilli's unmarried daughter, Sandal, who has been curiously queasy in the mornings, carries on the Bean extra-marital tradition. Says Grandma Bean-Rechetti: "Sandal, I've told thy Mother I think thee's pregnant. Am I right?" Says Sandal: "Yes, Grandma, thee's right...
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