What once sounded like an escape from the ordinary is now a cold, lonely reality. The trauma from the war greatly affected Jim, he is not the young man she grew to love. During the war Ines visits and stays at an encampment on the Apennine Mountains with other members of the Partigiani.Īfter a long separation at the end of the war Jim returns to marry Ines and move home to England. Despite warnings from loved ones Ines is swept off her feet. Young and ignorant to world of love she meets Jim, a handsome Englishman. Ines, an Italian woman joins the Partigiani, running errands for members of the resistance. The diary entries are intertwined throughout the book while continuing to follow Anna in her determination to find the answers to her mother’s past. Anna finds accommodation at a guesthouse and meets Francesco, a dramatic, warm-hearted Italian and Anna enlists his help to translate. She finds herself immersed in a culture very different to the English one she is accustomed to. Finding herself at a crossroads she decides to use the money to travel to Tuscany and explore her mother’s homeland. It took me a while to get into this but I’m glad I continued reading.Īnna, a 33-year-old English woman inherits her mother’s old diary entries written in Italian and $50,000. A beautiful Tuscan journey of self-discovery, culture, love and family.
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