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: Joanne Harris, Elizabeth Buchan, Sarah Harrison.
Similar this month: Sara MacDonald, Lisa Jewell.
Love, food and Italy - a delicious novel from the author of THE FOOD OF LOVE COOKERY SCHOOL.Italy, 1964. Maria Domenica is the eldest daughter in the Carrozza family from the tiny southern village of San Giulio. At 16, Maria's life is limited to the confines of her mother's rural kitchen (where she bakes bread every morning, the way the Carrozza women always have), and the Caffe Angeli, a place of friendship, strong espresso and famous ricotta sfolgliatelle. Her parents have high hopes for their beautiful first-born, but she has other plans.Maria runs away to Rome but, a year later, she returns to San Giulio in disgrace - eight months pregnant with the identity of the father a mystery. Hastily, shamefully, she is married off to a neighbour's son. But she soon escapes again, this time to England, where she searches once more for a new life for herself and her daughter, Chiara.Many years later, it is Chiara, not Maria, who finds herself drawn back to San Giulio. But she soon discovers that the simple Italian life she seeks is not as simple as it seems - particularly where the past is concerned.*******Your favourite authors love Nicky Pellegrino...'Heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES'The ultimate escapist read!' VERONICA HENRY'Deliciously romantic' ERICA JAMES'Knowing, compassionate and moving' CATHERINE ROBERTSON'Warm, engaging and truly delicious' ROSANNA LEY'A delicious and sensual adventure' FIONA GIBSONReaders can't get enough of Nicky Pellegrino:'I could smell the fresh pasta, feel the sunshine, smell the sea breeze and feel my worries wash away.' ?????'Through Italy, through food, through heartbreak, through love, through family. Add in a pinch of karmic justice and you have the perfect read with a joyful ending!' ?????'Once again Nicky Pellegrino had me captivated with this amazing story. It made me laugh, made me cry. I read it in one afternoon' ?????'Such a great escapism read, full of emotions and family drama with love' ?????
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Love, food and Italy - a delicious novel from the author of THE FOOD OF LOVE COOKERY SCHOOL.Italy, 1964. Maria Domenica is the eldest daughter in the Carrozza family from the tiny southern village of San Giulio.
Delicious features in the following genres: Debut Books of the Month, Family Drama, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, Fiction, General Fiction
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Delicious was written by Nicky Pellegrino and published by Orion Books an imprint of Orion
Delicious has 384 pages
