Book rave: A Thousand Days in Venice
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Book rave: A Thousand Days in Venice
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Maybe lots of you already know about this book, but someone just gave it to me. It is a memoir of a middle-aged American chef who fell in love with a Venetian; she then moved to Venice and married him.
This book evokes Venice so wonderfully that I keep skipping ahead to see what's next. On the one hand, I don't think she's Tolstoy as a writer, but on the other hand, she's done something right by grabbing my interest and enhancing it on every page. Those of you who are Venice-lovers will smile to yourself as she describes locations and restaurants you will recognize, among the perhaps overly-literary prose about her romance.
Great travel book, in an usual way.
Maybe lots of you already know about this book, but someone just gave it to me. It is a memoir of a middle-aged American chef who fell in love with a Venetian; she then moved to Venice and married him.
This book evokes Venice so wonderfully that I keep skipping ahead to see what's next. On the one hand, I don't think she's Tolstoy as a writer, but on the other hand, she's done something right by grabbing my interest and enhancing it on every page. Those of you who are Venice-lovers will smile to yourself as she describes locations and restaurants you will recognize, among the perhaps overly-literary prose about her romance.
Great travel book, in an usual way.
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Hi, I just returned from a trip to Italy which ended with 4 days in Venice. I picked up this book just before I began the trip and read it while in Italy. She has a way with storytelling and I loved it. What fun to read about someone who has actually done what I only dream about. Live for a time in Venice!!!
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Yes, this is my absolute favorite "American woman in Italy" book! Her love story is not the usual cliche, but is a happily ever after fairytale nonetheless. Her story has actually inspired me in my own situation...
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