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Sunday, 7 July 2013

Marlena de Blasi - A thousand days in Venice

A love story about a middle-aged, divorced American chef and writer that goes to Venice once again and falls in love with a middle-aged banker.

She abandons her life in America, moves to Venice and marries the man. It is a grown-up fairytale where girl meets boy. She writes about her move to Venice, the immense difficulty she has to adapt to the strange way of Venetians. Stranger in a strange land, she has to overcome all of these hurdles. But she also gets accustom to the foreign rituals and ways of living. She makes friends and she takes the reader on a journey not to be forgotten.

A love story that is an alternative travel guide of Venice. It was an easy read and also includes delicious recipes and tips on travelling this water city.

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