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Our friend Laura Morelli is a Yale-educated art historian and historical novelist. Her latest book, The Night Portrait: A Novel of WWII & da Vinci’s Italy—based on the centuries-long saga of Leonardo da Vinci’s Lady with the Ermine—was released September 8th. She also wrote a fantastic article, The Women of Leonardo Da Vinci’s Portraits, which appeared in our August/September 2020 …
Braided in Fire is Solace Wales’ true life search to understand the drama that unfolded between the Italian peasants and African-American infantrymen of the 366th Infantry Regiment whose lives were lost, or changed irrevocably by a village battle in Tuscany during the Battle of Garfagnana during World War II. We had our book club meeting with author Solace Wales on Facebook …
We had our book club meeting with author Frank Viviano on September 2, 2020 to discuss his book Blood Washes Blood. You can view the full video below: You can purchase a copy here but first enjoy an excerpt: In the beginning, before the mystery, there is the killing. Four gun shots at a deserted crossroads. A highwayman in the robes …
Editor’s Note: In a world that has gone mad, let’s close our eyes and dream of Italy. No one writes about Italy the way Frances Mayes does. In the midst of the chaos, she has a stunning new book out from National Geographic – Always Italy – along with her fab travel writer extraordinaire co-author Ondine Cohane. We’re offering a …
In her early forties, Chandi Wyant’s world crumbled in the wake of a divorce and traumatic illness. Determined to embrace life by following her heart, she set out on Italy’s historic pilgrimage route, the Via Francigena, to walk for forty days to Rome. We had our book club with author Chandi Wyant on April 29, 2020 to discuss her book …
We had our book club with author Tembi Locke on September 25, 2019 to discuss her book From Scratch. Click here to watch the video. You can purchase a copy here, but first enjoy an excerpt: I exited the plane in Rome, jet-lagged with a gaggle of fellow college coeds headed for customs and immigration, my passport in hand. I was twenty …
We had our book club with author Laura Morelli on August 14, 2019 to discuss her book The Gondola Maker. Click here to watch the video. You can purchase a copy here, but first enjoy an excerpt: I chew my lower lip while I wait to see my father’s gondola catch fire. Beneath the boat, a pile of firewood is stacked so …
We had our books club with author Frances Mayes on June 5, 2019 to discuss her book See You In The Piazza. Frances is featured in the new Dream of Italy Tuscan Sun Special. Part 1 and Part 2 of the video are available on Facebook. You can purchase a copy here, but first enjoy an excerpt: The waiter slides toward me a clear …
We had our book club with author Sheryl Ness on February 10, 2019 to discuss her book Love in a Tuscan Kitchen. Click here to watch the video. You can purchase a copy here, but first enjoy an excerpt: Time is standing still. We are just celebrating the Nuovo Anno (New Year) here in our little village in Italy and it is 2011. …
Updated 2018. In recent years, Italian novelist Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan Quartet has swept through the literary landscape like wildfire. The four books (My Brilliant Friend, The Story of a New Name, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay and The Story of the Lost Child) chronicle the friendship between two post-World War II girls named Lila and Lenù as they …
