TY - SER KW - Roman Catholics KW - Italian Americans KW - mothers and daughters AU - Paola Corso AB - Ten stories primarily set in Pittsburgh-area river towns, featuring Italian-American women and girls. C1 - 2000s C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; South Side; Downtown; Point State Park; Point Breeze; East End Food Co-op; Tarentum; Harrison Twp.; Natrona Heights C4 - Women’s CY - Madison LA - English M3 - Short Stories N2 - Ten stories primarily set in Pittsburgh-area river towns, featuring Italian-American women and girls. PB - University of Wisconsin Press PP - Madison PY - 2005 RN - Paola Corso, a writer a poet, was born in the Pittsburgh area and educated at Boston College, San Francisco State, and City College of New York. EP - 150 p. TI - Giovanna's 86 Circles: and Other Stories ER -