Pieta

This evocative tale from 1973 beautifully captures Europe's charm. The author's vivid narrative & unexpected encounter with Pope VI at St. Peter's Cathedral create a mesmerizing story.

I am so pleased to see this. I thought the Pieta had been irreplaceably destroyed. Seeing it at the Worlds Fair in New York City was the moment I decided I wanted to be an artist when I grew up. At the age of seven I had the good fortune to be at the same height as the body of Jesus while we filed by. We wouldn't have been allowed to touch the surface, but I feel as if I had. I wept when I heard that it had been ruined. I also went to Rome without doing any research. Stumbling on gems everywhere in my semester abroad in the fall of 1978. Luckily two of my schoolmates decided to get married in Santa Maria del Popolo. I had missed this amazing spot right where I lived by the Spanish Steps.