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"This comprehensive guide to learning your obstacles on your road to success and happiness is based on the ancient philosophies of Greece. Written by a lifelong student and teacher of philosophy, its age-old authenticity is clothed in easy to understand modern terminology. In addition, the text is sprinkled throughout with quotations that illuminate her message as well as expand its understanding." ~ Tasha Halpert

Employing philosophical insight and a sardonic wit, Schiano vividly takes the reader through myriad brush strokes as her character paints the unfinished portraits of both her father and herself.

In 2001, while researching the online archives of her hometown newspaper for a client, freelance writer Rita Schiano made a keying error -- a simple mistake that led her to a path she'd been avoiding most of her life; on a journey inside the world of her father, killed gangland-style more than two decades ago. Schiano turned that difficult journey into an engrossing novel. Painting The Invisible Man is a poignant, often hilarious coming of age story that explores the complex dynamics of growing up in an Italian family on the fringes of the Mafia.

"Painting The Invisible Man is a courageous book by a courageous writer." -- Anne D LeClaire, author of Listening Below The Noise, Entering Normal, and The Lavender Hour

A bittersweet love story that explores the fine line between compassion and codependence.