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Love & Gelato

by Jenna Evans Welch

A summer in Tuscany, guided by a journal

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A summer in Tuscany, guided by a journal

Lina arrives in Tuscany unwillingly, hoping to return home rather than get to know the father she has never met. Her mother’s journal gives her a second route through the summer: its account of her mother’s life in Italy leads Lina toward questions about family secrets and her own place in the story. The book links Lina’s present-day journey with the discoveries she makes in the journal, amid references to romance, art, and hidden bakeries. Tuscany is more than a backdrop here; it is the setting where the past Lina knows only through her mother’s pages begins to intersect with her own search.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in family mysteries and coming-of-age stories.
  • Readers drawn to stories set in Italy, especially Tuscany.
  • Readers who enjoy romance alongside questions about family history.

Themes

Family and belongingSecrets and discoveryRomanceArt and place

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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.
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