A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance
by Marlena de Blasi
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Book Summary Information
Author: Marlena de BlasiEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-06-07
ISBN: 1565123212
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Reviews of A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance
Book Review: A thousand days in venice review
Summary: 5 Stars
What a wonderful little novel! If you love Italy as I do, you will love this story as it leads you through the day to day life of this interesting and colorful heroine throughout the city of Venice. Diplaced, lonely, living in this city that couldnt be further away from Saint Louis, Missouri in every way, she builds a new life for herself. The story is full of cooking, eating and enjoying the food of Venice as well as the people who live there.
Summary of A Thousand Days in Venice: An Unexpected Romance
When Fernando spots her in a Venice caf? and knows immediately that she is the One, Marlena de Blasi is caught off guard. A divorced American woman traveling through Italy, she thought she was satisfied with her life. Yet within a few months, she quits her job as a chef, sells her house, kisses her two grown kids good-bye, and moves to Venice. Once there, she finds herself sitting in sugar-scented pasticcerie, strolling through sixteenth-century palazzi, renovating an apartment overlooking the seductive Adriatic Sea, and preparing to wed a virtual stranger in an ancient stone church.As this transplanted American learns the hard way about the peculiarities of Venetian culture, we are treated to an honest, often comic view of how two middle-aged people, both set in their ways but also set on being together, build a life. A Thousand Days in Venice is filled with the foods and flavors of Italy and peppered with recipes and culinary observations. But the main course here is about a woman who falls in love with both a man and a city, and finally finds the home she didn't know she was missing. It's a deliciously satisfying meal.
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