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New Zealand, Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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- Paperback Aug 13, 2013 | 9781409147794 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 20, 2023 | 9781398715233 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 28, 2011 | 9781409136897 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Orion
- Paperback Aug 13, 2013 | 9781409147794 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 20, 2023 | 9781398715233 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 28, 2011 | 9781409136897 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Orion
- Paperback Aug 13, 2013 | 9781409147794 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 20, 2023 | 9781398715233 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Apr 28, 2011 | 9781409136897 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Love, food and Italy - a delicious novel from the author of WHEN IN ROME.
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.
Nicky Pellegrino
Nicky Pellegrino was born in Liverpool and spent childhood holidays staying with her father's family in southern Italy. When she started writing fiction, it was the memories of those summers in Italy that came flooding back and flavoured her stories.
Nicky now lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her husband, dogs and horses. A former magazine editor, she combines work as a freelance journalist with writing number one bestselling novels, including Under Italian Skies, A Dream Of Italy and A Year At Hotel Gondola. Her books sell around the world and have been translated into numerous languages.
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