Too Much Love is a powerful work that explores the author's personal, political and poetic life. This collection of poetry affirms that Love, flickering between darkness and light, is ultimately the reason for existence itself.
Patriarca speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves.

Gianna Patriarca's publications include seven books of poetry and one children's book. Her first collection, Italian Women and Other Tragedies, was runner-up to the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award and in 2009 was translated into Italian and launched at the university of Bologna and Naples. My Etruscan Face was short listed for the Bressani Literary Award in 2009. Her work has been extensively anthologized and has been adapted for Canada Stage Theater and for CBC radio drama.
Gianna's books appear on the course list of Canadian, American and Italian universities She lives and works in Toronto.