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Sunday, May 28, 2023

Jumping from Iceland to Italy

The traffic lights in Akureyri, Iceland, have heart-shaped designs intended to evoke positive feelings among drivers.  Found HERE.

The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany
~ by Lori Nelson Spielman, 2020, fiction (Italy), 400 pages

A trio of second-born daughters sets out on a whirlwind journey through the lush Italian countryside to break the family curse that says they’ll never find love.  Since the day Filomena Fontana cast a curse upon her sister more than two hundred years ago, not one second-born Fontana daughter has found lasting love.  Some, like second-born Emilia, the happily-single baker at her grandfather’s Brooklyn deli, claim it’s an odd coincidence.

Others, like her sexy, desperate-for-love cousin Lucy, insist it’s a true hex.  But both are bewildered when their great-aunt calls with an astounding proposition:  If they accompany her to her homeland of Italy, Aunt Poppy vows she’ll meet the love of her life on the steps of the Ravello Cathedral on her eightieth birthday, and break the Fontana Second-Daughter Curse once and for all.

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3 comments:

  1. I love the Iceland traffic lights!

    I enjoyed The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany. It definitely made me want to go back to Italy.

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  2. It's the small things, really, and, those traffic lights, small things that they are, are lovely.

    The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany looks like a fun read.

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  3. I’m with Vicki, those traffic lights should be everywhere, especially if it helps reduce road rage.

    Wishing you a great reading week

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