Three Families : Booktrail Publishing : 9781637676745 : 1637676743 : 02 Mar 2022 : In this fast-moving romantic novel dealing with obsession, manipulation, and fear, three families meet under highly unusual and extraordinary circumstances. They represent divergent and completely opposite viewpoints and become entangled in a host of difficult and complicated situations that almost defy resolve. Their lives slowly and bizarrely intertwine as they become trapped in love, hate, and jealousy. They ultimately and temporarily come together but not before they are confronted with bad marriages, illicit relationships, unwanted pregnancies, divorce, and death. Alfredo Gismondi, an Italian Catholic, is raised in the depths of poverty. He meets Rachel Gasserman, Jewish, while both were employed as teenagers at a Westchester County country club during their summer vacation. Against her parents' wishes, Rachel enrolls in college at the University of North Carolina while Alfredo joins the US Navy. S