Download or read book Saints and Soccer Balls: My Seasons in Italy written by Clare Fleishman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-18 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stuff of stereotype--the pious Catholics, the famous Italian famiglia, the bumbling bureaucracy, the smooth Casanova--is fading faster than the value of the dollar in this evocative land. Clare Fleishman dispels the usual suspects and uncovers the truth behind other pressing questions: How do Italians live so long with all those bad habits? Why are there no index cards in Rome? Join the author as she poignantly recalls lessons both serious and silly from her seasons in Italy.