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. Every summer the family left their home in Merseyside and returned to her father's home town, near Naples, in southern Italy. When Nicky met and married a New Zealander she moved to Auckland where she works as a journalist and edits a woman's magazine. She hoards her annual leave so that she and her husband can return to Italy to meet up with her family and to eat the best mozzarella and research her books.

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The Villa Girls Nicky Pellegrino July 2011 Book of the Month. This is a cracking, beautifully paced read to curl up with either instead of taking a holiday or while on holiday. It's a story of friendships, of... Format: Paperback - Released: 23/06/2011 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Recipe for Life Nicky Pellegrino A love of food and the warmth of Italy shine out of this story. Told in alternating chapters between a young, hurt and lost English girl and an Italian mama, this involving family drama is a joy. Full of incident... Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Recipe for Life Nicky Pellegrino March 2010 Editor's Choice. Nicky Pellegrino has a knack for transporting you in to the Italian countryside, smelling and tasting the air and the food and feeling the sun on your face. Another lovely tale of relationships, friendships and discovering what... Format: Trade Paperback - Released: 18/03/2010 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

The Italian Wedding Nicky Pellegrino A lovely book about two feuding families, a wedding and blossoming love that needs a helping hand. This is the perfect book to give you that feel-good, warm glow that comes with reading a good romantic novel. We can see... Format: Paperback - Released: 25/06/2009 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Summer at the Villa Rosa Nicky Pellegrino There seem to be more and more novels around that evoke a sense of place by cleverly focusing on food and drink from the region, but then isn’t that half the reason we love to go on holiday, and this... Format: Paperback - Released: 26/06/2008 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Delicious Nicky Pellegrino The title says it all for this is Italy and food, emotions and secrets, loyalties and a sense of place as three generations of women escape or return to this bewitching southern region. A really pleasant, comfortable, dual-time tale. Comparison:... Format: Paperback - Released: 10/08/2005 Lovereading Price: £3.99