Stars in an Italian Sky

Informationen zum Autor Jill Santopolo is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of The Light We Lost, More Than Words, and Everything After . Her work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages. She received a BA from Columbia University and an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is also the author of three successful children's and young-adult series and works as the associate publisher of Philomel Books. Santopolo travels the world to speak about writing and storytelling. A New Yorker at heart, Santopolo is currently living in Washington, D.C.   Klappentext "Genoa, Italy, 1946. Vincenzo and Giovanna fall in love at twenty-one the moment they set eyes on each other. The son of a count and the daughter of a tailor, they belong to opposing worlds. Despite this, the undeniable spark between them quickly burns into a deep and passionate relationship spent exploring each other's minds, bodies and their city, as well as Vincenzo's family's sprawling vineyard, Villa Della Rosa--until shifts in political power force them each to choose a side and commit what the other believes is a betrayal, shattering the bright future they dreamed of together. New York, 2017. Cassandra and Luca are in love. Although neither quite fits with the other's family, Cass and Luca have always felt like a perfect match for each other. But when Luca, an artist, convinces his grandfather and Cass's grandmother to pose for a painting, past and present collide and reveal a secret that changes everything."--Publisher marketing. Leseprobe Chapter 1 Genoa, Italy Then Giovanna's heart leapt every time the door to her father's tailor shop opened. It was only six months ago that she, her father, and Faustina had returned from Saluzzo, where they'd spent most of the war. In the autumn of 1942, after a bomb blew out the windows in their shop and in their home above it, her father had boarded up the windows, taken what he could, and brought them all to the farmhouse his parents shared with his brother, Enzo, and his family in the mountain town where he was born. When they came back to Genoa nearly three years later, they weren't sure they'd be able to open the shop again. The boards across the windows had been splintered, the floor covered in dirt and debris. Bombs had rained down on the city while they were away. As they had stood staring at the shattered wood and chunks of glass and stone, Faustina spotted a half-destroyed piece of paper crumpled under the rubble-it looked like it had been there for years-and bent down to work it free. "A propaganda leaflet," she'd said, "from the Allied forces: The government in Rome says: the war goes on. This is why our bombing goes on ." Faustina shook her head. "The government in Rome cost us our shop." "It's not so bad," Giovanna had said softly, walking over to her sister and running her fingers across the leaves carved into the counter, which was still standing at the back of the shop. Her fingertips came away covered in soot and dust. Federico had wrapped an arm around each of his daughters. "The war is over," he'd said then, kissing first Faustina on the top of her head and then Giovanna. "We are still here."   "Are our customers?" Faustina had asked.   Federico sighed. "We'll see, won't we?" And they had seen. Their customers had slowly come back, some looking to have their clothing remade to fit bodies that had become leaner during wartime, some wanting skirts tapered to look fashionable again, some carrying a coat or a dress or a sweater left behind by a loved one, asking Federico if there was anything he could do to keep their memories alive. "I can help," Giovanna told a young mother whose husband had died only six months after their child had entered the world. She took the coat the mother ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jill Santopolo
• Editore: Putnam Publishing Group
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780593419175
• ISBN: 978-0-593-41917-5
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 158 mm x 237 mm x 29 mm
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi