Love & gelato

£8.99

The dying wish of 16-year-old Lina’s mother was for her daughter to live in Tuscany and get to know her father, whom Lina has never met. ‘Howard is the best man I’ve ever known,’ her mother says, ‘he’ll keep you safe.’ Why did her mother wait so long to tell her about him? Lina has a happy life in Seattle and doesn’t want to leave. Shortly after she arrives at Howard’s home, Lina meets Sonya, who gives Lina a diary that belonged to Lina’s mother, the one she had kept while she was a photography student in Florence. While Lina is living her life and exploring Tuscany with her handsome neighbour, Ren, she follows in the footsteps of her mother and gets to know her as never before. She also finds out the truth about her father. Mostly she finds out about herself.

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THE GLOBAL BESTSELLER FOR FANS OF THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY AND LYNN PAINTER

“You’ll love it . . . a sugar-coated easy read, which is just what we need right now” Cosmopolitan

“You know, people come to Italy for all sorts of reasons, but when they stay, it’s for the same two things.”
“What?”
“Love and gelato.”

Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, getting to know a father she never knew existed. She isn’t in the mood for Italy’s famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She’s only there because it was her mother’s dying wish.

When Lina is given her mum’s old diary from when she lived in Italy, Lina uncovers a world of secret love, art, and hidden bakeries. And thanks to her new handsome, very-charming neighbour Ren, she may be about to have her own European summer romance.

People come to Italy for love and gelato, Lina’s been told, but sometimes they discover much more . . .

A coming-of-age, swoon-worthy, close-proximity travel-romance full of hope and sunshine. Now a Netflix movie.

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Weight 0.26 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 13 × 2.2 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

335

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J