The diary of a woman whose mother was British, father was American, and husband was Italian. She lived in Italy and is writing during 1939-1940. In a fascist regime. I think there may be much to learn from this slim volume.
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The diary of a woman whose mother was British, father was American, and husband was Italian. She lived in Italy and is writing during 1939-1940. In a fascist regime. I think there may be much to learn from this slim volume.
so-soA kindle bargain and so I had to try it!
I liked the concept though it became easier once I understood the timing and century spanning.
The main character was well done, though she wasn't great with her family at times. I liked the ongoing dolphin packages and the finale of that.
I thought the climate bit from her granddaughter was a little bandwagon esque...
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pickan old woman is killed in her apartment & the Romanian housekeeper flees,the police go with the simple answer, Housekeeper did it. The housekeeper dies as she flees & when a neighbor who helped the housekeeper & despised the old lady comes forward to describe the events,Brunetti steps in to Investigate.the old lady was mean,cheap, & played the TV so loud , police were called often. Brunetti has too many suspects & not many answers. #serieslove2025
so-soThis is the third and final novel in the De Luca trilogy and unfortunately it was a bit of a pass for me. It picks up a few years after the second novel, and the cliffhanger from that novel is not fully explained. De Luca has been demoted to the vice unit in Bologne where he again falls into a homicide case. While the politics of the time are interesting, the plot felt weak and it also ended on a cliffhanger with no further books in the series.
pickI chose this book set in Italy to celebrate #Jubilee for #foodandlit with Jace. This is a cute story about the history of pizza and Jace really enjoyed it. 4⭐️
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#Italy
#childrensbooks
Here we come #SeriesLove2025 still have many books to go in these 2 series. Also plan to work on Victoria Thompson‘s Gaslamp mystery series. Next book up Murder on Lenox Hill. Think my library has that one as an ebook!
pickInteresting short novel, the first of a trilogy, set in Italy just prior to the end of WW2. The story is a mystery, but what is far more interesting about Commisario De Luca‘s story is its setting, where Mussolini and fascism is on the verge of falling and the elite and other supporters are desperately attempting to build relationships to survive the upcoming transition. A fascinating slice of history wrapped in a mystery. #europacollective
panWhen the police hang up on a drunk teenager who claims to have found a body, Massimo Viviani, the owner of Bar Luma, accompanies him to confirm the existence of the body and gets drawn into the investigation due to the incompetence of the chief detective.
A not very interesting story, not helped by the fact that a lot of the time that for me at any rate it wasn't clear who was talking in the conversations. I won't be continuing in this series.
