I Love You Like a Tomato - Softcover

Marie Giordano has authored more than thirty works of nonfiction, children's books, and poetry under the names Marie Chapian and Marie Jordan. Her most recent book of poetry, Slow Dance on Stilts, won the Award of Excellence from the San Diego Book Awards Association in 2001. I Love You Like a Tomato is her first novel. She currently lives in southern California, where she teaches creative writing and poetry at Mira Costa College.

“Sweet and sad, poignant and hilarious... A coming-of-age novel that stands full and alive and well worth the read.” –Bret Lott, New York Times bestselling author of Jewel

“I Love You Like a Tomato is by turns sweet and sad, poignant and hilarious—in short, the perfect blend one looks for in a good book. Combine this fact with ChiChi's wonderfully true voice, and we end up with a coming-of-age novel that stands full and alive and well worth the read. Three cheers!”—Bret Lott, New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah Book Club pick Jewel

“I Love You Like a Tomato is a brilliant book about the immigrant experience, but it is far more than that. Marie Giordano has a special gift for the first person voice, giving her narrator, ChiChi, a ravishingly eloquent sensual consciousness and the best sort of wit, based on fresh and true observation of how we all live our lives. As a result, we deeply and personally share this family's experiences. In short, I Love You Like a Tomato is both a delightful read and a true work of art.”--Robert Olen Butler; author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain

“An original voice, an incredible talent. Every word shines like a polished tomato. Giordano stirs her unique words and phrases without once letting a pot burn dry.... Her use of language is in the tradition of Annie Proulx, Arundhati Roy, and Toni Morrison. I loved this book!”—David C. Fickett, author of Nectar

“Marie Giordano has written a wondrous book heaped high with joy and sorrow, warm and spicy as a bowl of meatball zuppa. I’ve long since closed the book, but the characters have been walking around with me ever since.”—Greg Garrett, author of Free Bird