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What a fun summery book! I loved it. It's about a girl whose mom dies in the beginning and she gets sent to live with her dad in Italy, at least for the summer, maybe for longer. Problem is, she didn't even know this dad existed until her mom was dying and saying to her....how about you go and live with this dude!
He lives in Florence, in an American WWII cemetery where he runs the place. This creeps Lina out at first, but it grows on her. She meets a boy one day when she is out running and... he grows on her too.
In fact, she actually enlists his help in solving the mystery behind her mom and dad. Like what really happened and why did they never keep in touch all these years?
Lina gets a journal that her mom left behind which is an account of the summer she meet her dad and between that and doing some digging on their own, they piece together the story.
So in fact, it's the story of both Lina dealing with her mom's death and learning about her dad, and the story of her mom and what happened that summer many years ago. So there's some heavy subjects, but they are handled well and lightly. If that makes sense.
It's so fun to have been to theses cities (both Florence and Rome) and to be able to picture everything that's being talked about. They truly are awesome romantic cities where awesome love can blossom!
I didn't realize this was a Utah book. And, it sounds like it would be a fun one to read sometime when I'm in the mood.
ReplyDeleteI didn't either until I was done and read the stuff in the back. :)
DeleteSounds so cute. Great start to summer reading. Throw in some Abba songs and it could be Mama Mia.
ReplyDeleteI had the same thought! :)
DeleteThis has been on the TBR for a while. I might have to move it up. It sounds perfect for a summer read.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds super cute. I'll have to check it out.
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