A Thousand Days In Venice: An Unexpected Romance
Set in the world's most romantic city, this exhilarating memoir tells what it's like to risk it all for love.
Set in the world's most romantic city, this exhilarating memoir tells what it's like to risk it all for love.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781741141351 (1741141354)
Publish date: 2003-03-20
Publisher: Virago
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
This was part of a box of books I was given by my neighbour, and as I'd previously read A Thousand Days in Tuscany, I was interested to read how de Blasi's story began. When I first picked up A Thousand Days in Tuscany it was billed as 'romantic' but was not at all romantic (beyond the romance of l...
Marlena de Blasi's style is startlingly intimate, like a person you've just met who proceeds to lean in too closely and assail you with deeply personal anecdotes. Of course, it is a recounting of her life, so the feeling of over-share is a given, but I've read many a memoir written by a person who s...
Ah, travel memoirs! I enjoy being an armchair traveler and finding new destinations to add to my travel wish list. I loved her descriptions of Venice--it's on my "must see" list now. This book seems to be about the author falling in love with a stranger and uprooting her entire life to be with hi...
Having just finished That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story books. And is there too much emphasis on culinary themes? I hope I don't get drowned with recipes. The text-check was appealing, and I know I like the writing style, but the story behind That Summer in Sicily was so very good. Better subject m...
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