Italian Love Stories - Hardcover

Crane, Donna V.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1891138073 ISBN 13: 9781891138072

Publisher: The Sulgrave Press, 2003

Synopsis

Italian Love Stories - A Kentuckian's Journal of Tuscany is a witty and observant account of life in Italy for a transplanted Kentuckian. The interweaving of vignettes about the challenges of everyday living in the tiny Tuscan hill town of Volterra with stories of life in Kentucky makes this a fascinating and hilarious look at the eccentricities of both cultures. Wandering through the ancient stone streets of Volterra, the reader meets characters like Lenzo Borghini, the hardware guy, and Italy's restaurant critics-at-large; old men sitting in cafes. Turn the corner and you are back in Kentucky at Darlin' Jean's Apple Cobbler Cafe eating broccoli slaw and sipping sweet tea with young men telling tales of turkey hunting. The characters are richly drawn and their stories come vibrantly alive through the plain-spoken, quirky voice of a Kentuckian.

About this title

About the Author:

Donna Valtri Crane is a second generation Italian-American and first generation Kentuckian who fell in love with the ancient Tuscan hill town of Volterra and its eccentric people. She was graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Political Science and holds a Master's in Economics from American University in Washington, DC. Donna lives with her family in Kentucky where she is a marketing and information technology consultant. Italian Love Stories is her first book.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Sulgrave Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1891138073
• ISBN 13: 9781891138072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 183