East Providence

A City of Sin & Secrets

 A Haunting Mosaic of Memory, Desire, and Survival

Behind the quiet façades of East Providence, Rhode Island, lie decades of buried truths and whispered betrayals. In this lyrical blend of fiction and memoir, Paul Cambria excavates the soul of his hometown—one vignette at a time.

Spanning generations, East Providence unfolds through intimate snapshots: faded letters, furtive touches, missing friends, and simmering marriages. Each story adds a tile to a mosaic of flawed love, ritual, reckoning, and quiet endurance.

Cambria’s prose is atmospheric and precise, capturing the ache of nostalgia and the weight of silence. This is not just a portrait of a city—it’s a confession, a tribute, and a reckoning.

For Readers Who Crave

• Interwoven literary vignettes
• Fiction rooted in place and memory
• Stories of betrayal, longing, and resilience
• A poetic lens on small-town secrets

 Some towns never forget.

Some stories never die.
East Providence is both.