Italian BloodA memoir dealing with the aftermath of abuse. Ive heard that some volcanic eruptions are soft with oozing streams of lava dancing down the side of the volcano like a Las Vegas chorus line. My fathers eruptions were quick, like bricks being thrown through a window. Denise Tolans memoir in essay traces the legacy of violence in an Italian American family, showing how abuse reverberates both in the body and mind of a family. The books first part, Blood