Based on true events in postwar Italy which saw the transport of Italian children from the impoverished south to families in the wealthier north for temporary or permanent foster care arrangements. This is the story of Amerigo, a young boy from Naples whose mother is loving but distant and whose father is absent, perhaps in America. Amerigo doesn't go to school, seldom wears shoes, and is always more or less hungry. An Italian communist group organizes his journey to a comfortable family in Modena, where he learns to play the violin and excels at school. His problems arise when it is time to go home and he realizes he no longer knows where he belongs.
Interesting historical fiction which didn't quite grip emotionally.
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