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An Italian Girl in Brooklyn

A spellbinding story of buried secrets and new beginnings

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An Italian Girl in Brooklyn

By: Santa Montefiore
Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
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 Dark secrets and hidden sorrows abound in Santa Montefiore’s spellbinding novel set in war-torn Italy and the streets of New York.

'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore' JOJO MOYES

‘A wonderful story, beautifully told. I absolutely tore through it!’ KAREN SWAN

New York, 1979.

It is Thanksgiving and Evelina has her close family and beloved friends gathered around, her heart weighted with gratitude for what she has and regret for what she has given up. She has lived in America for over thirty years, but she is still Italian in her soul.

Northern Italy, 1934.

Evelina leads a sheltered life with her parents and siblings in a villa of fading grandeur. When her elder sister Benedetta marries a banker, to suit her father’s wishes rather than her own, Evelina swears that she will never marry out of duty. She knows nothing of romantic love, but when she meets Ezra, son of the local dressmaker, her heart recognises it like an old friend.

Evelina wants these carefree days to last forever. She wants to bask in sunshine, beauty and love and pay no heed to the grey clouds gathering on the horizon. But nothing lasts forever. The shadows of war are darkening over Europe and precious lives are under threat…
 Europe Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Love, Dating & Attraction Relationships Romance Italy Heartfelt War

Critic reviews

‘A sweeping tale of deep love lost and found, An Italian Girl in Brooklyn spans many decades and two continents as a woman who lost everything during World War II learns to live again. Filled with the colour and warmth of northern Italy, the pain and salvation of family, and the courage and determination it takes to start life over across an ocean, the talented Santa Montefiore’s latest ripples with longing, fate, and hope. The based-on-a-true-story twists will have you gasping aloud.’ — Kristin Harmel, New York Times bestselling author of The Forest of Vanishing Stars and The Book of Lost Names
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I enjoyed this but not as much as many of Santa Montefiore’s books. It was beautifully written and the characters seemed very real. The story itself was certainly interesting but I kept waiting for something exciting or for a bit of drama but it never seemed to happen. At the end I was left with a feeling of anticlimax. I suspect Genevieve Gaunt’s superb narration was the reason I stayed with it!

Interesting but meandered a lot

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Lovely from the very beginning. The story has many twists and turns and the outcome could not have been envisaged until nearly the end.

Santa,s best ever

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I struggled with this book a bit and only sheer determination made me finish it. I have read most of this authors books but found this one a bit of a jumble the story could have been told in a more organised manner for my taste.

Story was Excellent but….

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Enjoyed listening to this book on holiday….. very well read and easy to listen to.

Holiday Listen

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An exquisite story of love over decades and across oceans, with a cast of fully formed and thoroughly likeable characters. This will make you smile, cry and fall full force into their worlds with undiluted pleasure and empathy

Beautiful

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