When In Rome

Author: Nicky Pellegrino

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  • : 26.99 NZD
  • : 9781409136125
  • : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
  • : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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  • : January 2013
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : United Kingdom
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  • : July 2013
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Barcode 9781409136125
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Description

Rome in the 1950s, there's nowhere quite like it. The narrow stone streets, the fountains and piazzas full of life in the heat of the day, the cafes and bars full of music and desire by night...This is where Serafina calls home. Having grown up with her sisters in a tiny apartment tucked in the top of a tumbledown building, she has watched her mother get by on next to nothing, and turn herself beautiful with a sweep of eyeliner and a hand-sewn dress. When her mother goes out, Serafina and her sisters go singing in the nearest piazza, busking for spare change and cinema tickets. The girls long to meet their matinee idols and Serafina daydreams of Mario Lanza and his spellbinding voice. But the sisters will grow up quickly and for Serafina, a choice opens between the world she knows and the life she dreams of.

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A city of love, food, music and passion - this is a novel for anyone who fell in love with LA DOLCE VITA.

Author description

It was Nicky Pellegrino's Italian father who gave his family a true passion for food. Now living in New Zealand and working as a journalist, Nicky hordes her holidays so that she and her husband can return to Italy to see family, eat mozzarella and research her books. www.nickypellegrino.com