Italy 1943brbrThe village trattoria, Casa Maria, is famed for its food and for Elena, the formidable matriarch who runs it. But now war has come to Umbria.brbrSophia di Luca cooks brilliantly and expects to take over the trattoria from Elena one day. But instead it is charismatic, unpredictable Giorgio Capaldi who has inherited it and now arrives from Rome to run it.brbrWhile Sophia and Giorgio clash, the town falls under Nazi occupation. And when no one knows who to trust, it is Casa Maria that becomes the centre for secrets, dangerous passions and ultimately betrayal.brbr‘A wonderful, joyous book, which really spoke to me about the indomitability of the humanpirit.’ Elizabeth Enfieldbrbr** PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED ASTHE ENY OF LOVE**p
The Village Trattoria
By Annabelle Thorpe
A family divided over the future of its famous restaurant is plunged into turmoil as Italy falls to the Germans in 1943.pMaterial available
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Imprint: Aria l Publication date: April 2023lFormat: 229 x 148mm IExtent: 384pAbout the Author
Annabelle Thorpehas been a travel and features journalist for over twenty years, spending six years onThe TimesTravel desk, before becoming deputy travel editor for Express Newspapers, and then taking the same role at theObserver. She was named one of the top 50 travel writers in the UK and has visited almost sixty countries, including crossing China by train, driving solo across the Omani desert, and nearly getting run over in Tripoli. Her first novel,The People We Were Before, was set in the Croatian civil war of the 1990s, her second,What Lies Within, is set in Marrakech. She has also written two travel books. Home is rural Sussex, with her husband and cat, although she rains a Londoner at heart.p
