FOR PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI, HIS SISTER'S WEDDING WAS A WHITE MARTYRDOM
Pier Giorgio was very close to his younger sister, Luciana and wanted her happiness, but on her wedding day he was desolate, isolated and in torment. After her lavish wedding party, Pier Giorgio waved goodbye to her on the train platform and promptly burst into tears. Luciana was moving away, she had married a high-ranking Polish diplomat and as his wife, she was going to hop from country to country. Pier Giorgio had given her and her new husband a gift of an antique, ivory crucifix, but his parents had disparaged this offering, and in its place they gave Luciana an ornate silver tea set and put Pier Giorgio's name on it. His parents, Alfredo and Adelaide were quite ashamed of their Catholicity, and most especially of their fanatical only son. With Luciana so far away, Pier Giorgio was going to be without his closest confident and ally. Brother and sister had grown up in a wealthy, high-status family that was more like a war-zone than a haven, and they had a ver...
