Praise for Emilio Pucci "A fascinating book.unveiling Emilio's unknown past. In the end, the arc of his story moves from black and white into brilliant color." -- Suzi Menkes, from the Foreword "A vivid and fascinating biography of a remarkable man. Long before he became one of the world's most celebrated fashion designers, Emilio Pucci had been a fighter pilot and victim of both Nazi torture and the duplicity of the future head of the CIA. Skilfully weaving together the history of Pucci's times with the events of his extraordinary life, Ward and Pucci's niece tell for the first time the story of his role in saving and smuggling into Allied hands what the New York Times called "one of the most important historic documents of the Second World War." - John Hooper, Italy and Vatican correspondent of The Economist. and award winning author of The Italians a nd The New Spaniards.

Praise for Searching for Hassan "Astonishing and deeply poignant." -- The Washington Post "Quixotic, colorful and amusing." -- The New York Times Book Review "Informative and touching, a marvelously nuanced portrait of Iran. A heartening testament." -- Elle "An intricate image of a nation caught in a tug of war with itself." -- Los Angeles Times "[A] nostalgic, sometimes harrowing pilgrimage." -- The New Yorker "A wonderfully tactile, rich book written with the right kind of search in mind (the search for grace)." -- Esquire Praise for The Lady of Sing Sing "This story is as gripping as any four-star nail- at your local multiplex.

It's also completely true. Readers will come away from this crackling page turner with a new understanding of how different things were a century ago, and how very much the same." -- San Francisco Chronicle "A real story found in an old chest provides all the drama needed today for film roles for women. In 1890s Manhattan, abuse and rape led to a crime that churned up a nation already rumbling about women's rights." -- New York Daily News "Combining her own family history, Pucci investigates the sensational crime and its equally sensational aftermath." -- Washington Post "Reads like a verismo opera of naiveté, lust, and abuse." -- New York Law Journal "In the spirit of sensational trials across the ages, Idanna Pucci pulls out all the stops." -- The New York Times "Pucci burrows into the clay of history to make these characters come alive.

" -- Chicago Tribune "Gripping social history." -- Publishers Weekly.