|
Handpicked by Dorothy Escape to Italy |
|
|
The only thing I like better than reading is recommending books to others for them to read! I enjoy most any type of book, but usually am drawn to crime procedurals, narrative nonfiction (especially about history), mysteries with a humorous bent, books set in Chicago or written by Chicago authors, and memoirs. Come in and let's talk about books!
|
|
|
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions
by Mario Giordano
Retiring in Sicily, widowed Auntie Poldi finds the corpse of a man on the beach, a situation that makes her a suspect but also introduces her to the gorgeous Commissario Montana, the detective assigned to the case
|
|
|
The Italian Party
by Christina Lynch
Newly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany's famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the splendid surface to a more complex view of ltaly, America and each other. When Scottie's Italian teacher--a teenager with secrets of his own--disappears, her search for him leads her to discover other, darker truths about herself, her husband and her country. Michael's dedication to saving the world from communism crumbles as he begins to see that he is a pawn in a much different game. Driven apart by lies, Michael and Scottie must find their way through a maze of history, memory, hate and love to a new kind of complicated truth.
|
|
|
Golden door
Set in the early twentieth century, a Sicilian peasant and an Englishwoman fall in love on a trans-Atlantic crossing, hoping to make new lives for themselves in America.
DVD FL GOL
|
|
|
The light in the ruins : a novel
by Chris Bohjalian
Hoping to safeguard themselves from the ravages of World War II within the walls of their ancient villa in Florence, the noble Rosatis family become prisoners in their home when 18-year-old Cristina's courtship by a German lieutenant prompts the Nazis to take over the estate, a situation that leads to a serial murder investigation years later.
THE FIRST OF BOHJALIAN'S BOOKS I READ. IT STARTED MY QUEST TO READ ANY BOOKS SET IN ITALY AND ANY BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR.
|
|
|
Under the Tuscan sun [sound recording]
by Frances Mayes
The author of Bella Tuscany applies a poet's sensibility, a seasoned traveler's eye, and a cook's palate to the pleasures of the Tuscan countryside, where she began restoring an abandoned villa. Read by the author.
CD BOOK 914.55 MAY
|
|
|
Under the Tuscan sun
An attorney moves to Tuscany and purchases a villa after a heart-wrenching divorce.
DVD DRM UND
|
|
|
The shape of water
by Andrea Camilleri
The first English translation of the best-selling international mystery series follows Sicilian detective Inspector Montalbano as he investigates the suspicious death of an engineer who had made a name for himself in a small town.
|
|
|
Miracle at St. Anna
by James McBride
In a historical novel based on a real-life massacre at St. Anna Di Stazzema, a small village in Tuscany, during World War II, four African-American soldiers from the 92nd Division, a band of partisans, and a young Italian boy come together to experience a miracle. By the author of The Color of Water. 175,000 first printing.
|
|
|
Miracle at St. Anna
Four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division get trapped near a small Tuscan village during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
DVD DRM MIR
|
|
|
|
|
|