Diane Amato

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The cover of "All The News From Home."

The cover of "All The News From Home."

Greenbush native Diane Amato’s new book, All the News From Home, is a collection of the victory mail letters sent to her father, George Amato, during World War II. The letters, from friends and family, describe life as it continued on in Greenbush…which today provide a detailed account of the neighborhood between 1942 and 1945. Diane will read several letters from her book at this free event.

media release: Diane Amato was born in the Greenbush neighborhood of Madison and raised on the Westside of town. She now lives in San Francisco.

"I recently wrote a book called ‘ALL THE NEWS FROM HOME’ chronicling the government issues v mail letters sent to my father George Amato (Amato’s Holiday House) from his family and friends back in the ‘bush during World War II. These letters include passages and details of the old neighborhood from 1942-1945. Many family names that still exist in Madison are included. The original letters were recently acquired by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.

I will be in Madison at the end of this month (5-2023) and will be giving a reading of some of my favorite letters from my book at the Neighborhood House Community Center on May 26 at 4:00pm.