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"My mother, well, she didn't know how to say 'colander' in English."
Philomena Luciani tells her granddaughter, Alison Purcell, about her own mother, who emigrated from Italy. Philomena Luciani passed away Memorial Day Weekend 2004.
Aired on WNYC's Morning Edition 5/7/04 and Public Radio Weekend, 7/3/04.
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"My mother, well, she didn't know how to say 'colander' in English." Philomena Luciani tells her granddaughter, Alison Purcell, about her own mother, who emigrated from Italy. Philomena Luciani passed away Memorial Day Weekend 2004. Aired on WNYC's Morning Edition 5/7/04 and Public Radio Weekend, 7/3/04.
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Aired on WNYC's Morning Edition 5/7/04 and Public Radio Weekend, 7/3/04.
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