Author Event! Richard Robbins 'First Lady of the New World"

Author Richard Robbins will discuss his new book, First Lady of the New World,” at 7 p.m., Monday, March 23, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. This event is free of charge and open to the public. 

This fictionalized tale recounts the story of the true life Giacona family, who emigrated from Sicily to New Orleans in the 1890s. They came to the US to escape the influence of The Mafia, only to be confronted by the same challenges in the New World.

Pietro and Corrado, father and son, do what they must to defend their family and business from the dreaded Black Hand, as well as powerful organized crime families. They proceed the only way they know how, through bravery, guile, and tough choices. Although committed to living as ‘Honest Italians,’ their choices lead them down a perilous path.

Richard Robbins says he has always liked telling good stories, but not until his youngest child left for college was he able to find the time to put them into print. His first novel, Love, Loss, and Lagniappe was inspired by actual events in his life, and uses his medical and business school background to explore the journey of self discovery after heartbreaking loss, while revealing the scientific basis for the meaning of life. His second novel, Panicles, is a multi-generational story of the intersecting fate of two families, and the price of fame versus the simpler pleasures of a grounded life.

For more information regarding this event, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 or wcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.