Ciao Bella: Sex, Dante & how to find your father in Italy
Helena Frith Powell
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Description for Ciao Bella: Sex, Dante & how to find your father in Italy
Paperback. Covers the journey around Italy taken by the author, in pursuit of her Italian-Lothario father. Num Pages: 336 pages, B&W photographs. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 194.
At the age of eleven, Helena Frith Powell's mother gave her a letter after school. It was from her real father her mother told her, not the abusive and moody man Helena had always assumed was the one. This new father was glamorous, an Italian film maker, and he would like her to meet his family on a grand tour of Italy. The moving discovery of Italy and the many relatives Helena never knew she had is wittily described in Ciao Bella, the memoir of her trip through Italy with her father. In a new twist, her father receives a ... Read more
At the age of eleven, Helena Frith Powell's mother gave her a letter after school. It was from her real father her mother told her, not the abusive and moody man Helena had always assumed was the one. This new father was glamorous, an Italian film maker, and he would like her to meet his family on a grand tour of Italy. The moving discovery of Italy and the many relatives Helena never knew she had is wittily described in Ciao Bella, the memoir of her trip through Italy with her father. In a new twist, her father receives a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gibson Square Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903933947
SKU
V9781903933947
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Helena Frith Powell
Helena Frith Powell is a journalist who writes for The Sunday Times and The Daily Mail and regularly appears on programmes such as Richard & Judy. This is her third book. She previously published bestselling Two Lipsticks and a Lover and More France Please.
Reviews for Ciao Bella: Sex, Dante & how to find your father in Italy
'You really must read... Ciao Bella.' Sunday Times 'Magical.' Daily Mail 'Richly comic.' Sunday Times Best Memoir 'Humorous.' Daily Telegraph 'Beautifully written... I wanted to follow in Helena's footsteps round Italy.' Kate Figes 'I defy anyone not to enjoy it.' Harrow Observer 'A travel book with a difference.' Coventry Evening Telegraph