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- Orion
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Romance
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Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
- Paperback Mar 30, 2021 | 9781869713867 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 30, 2020 | 9781409179023 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 30, 2020 | 9781409179559 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Orion
- Paperback Mar 30, 2021 | 9781869713867 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 30, 2020 | 9781409179023 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 30, 2020 | 9781409179559 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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Orion
- Paperback Mar 30, 2021 | 9781869713867 | RRP $19.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 30, 2020 | 9781409179023 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 30, 2020 | 9781409179559 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
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From bestselling author Nicky Pellegrino comes a magnificent novel about the unexpected ways in which our lives weave and tangle, and the bravery we find in the most difficult circumstances.
There are many pleasures to be found in this absorbing, moving book - count me as a fan. - NZ Listener
New readers will fall in love with Pellegrino's writing style, while long-time fans will delight when the story shifts gear and travels to Italy - and to deliciously familiar territory. - Australian Women's Weekly (NZ Edition)
My heart is less than one per cent of my body, it weighs hardly anything; it's only a tiny piece of me, yet it's the part everyone finds most interesting. . .
Vivi Palmer knows what it's like to live life carefully. Born with a heart defect, she was given a second chance after a transplant, but has never quite dared to make the most of it. Until she comes face-to-face with her donor's mother, Grace, who wants something in return for Vivi's new heart: her help to find all the other people who have tiny pieces of her son.
Reluctantly drawn into Grace's mission, Vivi's journalist training takes over as one by one she tracks down a small group of strangers. As their lives intertwine Vivi finds herself with a new kind of family, and by finding out more about all the pieces that make up the many parts of her, Vivi might just discover a whole new world waiting for her...
'Pellegrino has a great flair for storytelling' - NZ Listener
PRAISE FOR NICKY PELLEGRINO
'Venice comes alive...warm, engaging and truly delicious' ROSANNA LEY
'A novel about how easy it is to become an observer in your own life, and the joy of learning to live again.' JOJO MOYES
'Written with intelligence, insight and warmth. Highly recommended' CATHERINE ROBERTSON, NZ Listener
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. When Nicky met and married a New Zealander she moved to Auckland where she works as a journalist and edits a woman's magazine.
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