A New York Times bestseller A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she isn't in the mood for Italy's famous sunshine and fairy-tale landscape. She's only there because it was her mother's dying wish that she get to know her father. But what kind of father isn't around for sixteen years? All Lina wants to do is get back home. But then Lina is given a journal that her mom had kept when she lived in Italy. Suddenly Lina's uncovering a magical world of secret romances, art, and hidden bakeries. A world that inspires Lina, along with the ever-so-charming Ren, to follow in her mother's footsteps and unearth a secret that has been kept from Lina for far too long. It's a secret that will change everything she knew about her mother, her father--and even herself. People come to Italy for love and gelato, someone tells her, but sometimes they discover much more.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Simon Pulse
ISBN-10
1481432540
ISBN-13
9781481432542
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212889024
Product Key Features
Book Title
Love and Gelato
Author
Jenna Evans Welch
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Love & Romance, Family / Parents, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), General, People & Places / Europe, Romance / Clean & Wholesome
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Young Adult Fiction, Juvenile Fiction
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.1.W435lo 2016
Grade from
Seventh Grade
Reviews
Lina's capacity for and understanding of love transform beautifullyover the course of the novel; the book is not solely about her personal romance but also other characters' interwoven love stories. A good addition for teens with wanderlust., Lina narrates in a breezy style, her mother's journal entries interwoven to provide revelations at carefully paced intervals.Seasoned with luscious descriptions of Renaissance architecture and Italianfood, a sure bet for fans of romance fiction and armchair travel.