Lorella Marini lives and works in Perugia, Italy, where she has been teaching English in a grammar school since time immemorial. Her two daughters are her pride and joy, as is her age, somewhere between 25 and 60. And she has always been drawn to writing as a hobby. She likes, not necessarily in order of preference, excruciatingly high heels, orange marmalade, pizza, perfume, springtime light, good films in good company, spa tubs, a deserted beach at sunset, the murmur of a stream running through a mountain village, good music, art cities, English ...