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Summer at the Villa Rosa
Nicky Pellegrino
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Description for Summer at the Villa Rosa
Paperback. A wonderfully atmospheric, touching and sumptuous novel about a young widow's search for happiness in a small Italian village. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.
Raffaella Moretti, by far the most beautiful girl in the southern Italian town of Triento, is about to marry the only boy she has ever loved. It seems that nothing but happiness lies in store for her. Yet, just one year later, she is a widow, and has taken a job as housekeeper in the Villa Rosa, working for a young American. As Raffaella struggles to recapture her lost happiness she starts looking for ways to help those around her to do the same. There is Silvana the baker's wife, her passion barely hidden; Carlotta the gardener's ... Read more
Raffaella Moretti, by far the most beautiful girl in the southern Italian town of Triento, is about to marry the only boy she has ever loved. It seems that nothing but happiness lies in store for her. Yet, just one year later, she is a widow, and has taken a job as housekeeper in the Villa Rosa, working for a young American. As Raffaella struggles to recapture her lost happiness she starts looking for ways to help those around her to do the same. There is Silvana the baker's wife, her passion barely hidden; Carlotta the gardener's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780752893228
SKU
V9780752893228
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Ref
99-50
About Nicky Pellegrino
When Nicky Pellegrino's Italian father came to England he fell in love with and married a Liverpool girl. He brought to his new family his passion for food and instilled in them what all Italians know - that you live to eat instead of eating to live. This Italian mantra is the inspiration behind Nicky's delicious novels. When ... Read more
Reviews for Summer at the Villa Rosa
'If you like your stories on the sensuous side, this debut novel is for you'
Glamour 'Full-bodied as a rich Italian red, it is a page-turner combining the missed chances of CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN with the foodie pleasures of CHOCOLAT. A warming read for a winter's night'
Eve 'Set against a backdrop of love, life, friendship and food, Mediterranean beauty Raffaella attempts ... Read more
Glamour 'Full-bodied as a rich Italian red, it is a page-turner combining the missed chances of CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN with the foodie pleasures of CHOCOLAT. A warming read for a winter's night'
Eve 'Set against a backdrop of love, life, friendship and food, Mediterranean beauty Raffaella attempts ... Read more