Critical Praise

"With his sharp attention to detail and his ability to quickly engage us with his character's personal dialogues on meaty subjects such as love, death and the quest for spiritual understanding, [Jeff] Shapiro has delivered a charming novel that unfold with the vividness of a richly produced foreign film."

——Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

"Renato's Luck gathers homespun wisdom, offering some earthy insights into life's unsettling gyrations."

——Los Angeles Times

"Jeff Shapiro's tale of Renato's Luck embodies the power of rebirth'for Renato the waterworks man, for his family, his small Tuscan town of Sant' Angelo D'Asso threatened with extinction, and what's more for the reader. Tender humor, pathos, touching despair, and resurgent hope abide in these simple, wise people whom you can't help but love, all of them fitting neatly into a lovely read, fresh and bubbling over with the spirit of caring'as if Shapiro had signed it, "Affectionately Yours."

——Susan Vreeland

"Bravo for Jeff Shapiro! Renato Tizzoni is a prince among men and Sant' Angelo D'Asso sounds like heaven on earth. Renato's Luck is a dream of a book'warm, wise, full of heart, and an absolute pleasure from beginning to end."

——Carrie Brown