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Tag Archives: Italy
Bella Toscana – Nanette Littlestone
(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Bella Toscana is a contemporary novel written about a woman who decides to take a trip to the beautiful land of Italy. As a married woman, she meets professor Flynn and that is when she begins … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Romance
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Bella Figura: How to Live, Love, and Eat the Italian Way -Kamin Mohammadi
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “ Now that I was living without all the relics of my former identity, there was a glimmer of something new. The heady possibly of freedom.” Kamin was thirty-two and seemed to have it all: a … Continue reading
Medusa – Michael Dibdin
(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Every woman is Medusa. When you look into her eyes, you see the entire history of the human race. That’s enough to turn anyone to stone.” Those were the words of a soldier, Leonardo Ferrero, whose … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers
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The Fall of a Sparrow – Robert Hellenga
(Reviewed by J.D. Jung) After reading one of my favorite books, The Italian Lover, I just wanted to grab anything related to it and its characters. Author Robert Hellenga wrote a book about the protagonist’s lover, classics professor Alan “Woody” … Continue reading
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The Italian Lover – Robert Hellenga
Discover this! Margo Harrington, an American expatriate living in Italy, is excited to hear that her memoir, The Sixteen Pleasures, will be made into a feature film. The book details her experiences when she first came to Florence. While … Continue reading