One Italian Summer

The Instant New York Times Bestseller

English language

Published May 7, 2023 by Quercus.

ISBN:
978-1-5294-1949-8
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Review of 'One Italian Summer' on 'Goodreads'

The two stars I'm giving this is for it allowing me to armchair travel back to the Amalfi Coast and vicariously enjoy the descriptions of places I visited and food I ate. I'd also give it perhaps a half-star for the creative (though potentially confusing) construction of the time travel aspect, and the recognition that motherhood is often as much about identity-lost as it is identity-gained. So why, then, am I not falling in line with everyone who loved this book?

Mainly because the mother/daughter relationship read like a caricature of co-dependency. It made it hard for me to like the protagonist, because I found her pathetic, sheltered and needy. It was hard to get past that and root for her in any meaningful way. Perhaps that should've made her a sympathetic character, and perhaps my take on this says more about me than the book. In any case, I …

Review of 'One Italian Summer' on 'Goodreads'

A lovely story about working through grief and finding yourself, and who your loved ones really are, along the way. Made me want to go back to the Amalfi Coast immediately!

I do find it a little hard to believe it took her a week to realize she was 30 years in the past, and not that it was just her mom that jumped through time!

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