~ Trade Paperback
~ New Release - 2023
No one in my mother's family ever talks about anything that can be categorized as unpleasant or as having to do with any emotions . . .
Perceptive and tender with ample doses of humor and wit, Within Arm's Reach follows three generations of a large Irish-American Catholic family jarred into crisis by an unexpected pregnancy in a story that offers a poignant reminder of how connected we are to those we love, even when we cannot find the words to say it.
“Napolitano writes with beauty and power, skillfully bringing her characters 'within arm’s reach' until the readers heart is taken and this family becomes their own.” -- Hannah Tinti, author of The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley