Tuscany for Beginners - Softcover

Edwards-Jones, Imogen

2.86

220 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340831707 ISBN 13: 9780340831700

Publisher: Flame, 2004

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Belinda Smith moved to Tuscany five years ago after finding her husband in bed with another woman. In the months following, Belinda's destiny became clear to her. She would leave behind the dull dormitory town of Tilling, where nothing ever happened. And seek out new and more exciting pastures in the Italian countryside. She would start life again. On her own. She would run a B&B and keep a diary. She would jot down her thoughts, share her ideas and pass on her delicious recipes to the next generation. Battlelines are drawn when rival Lauren, a feisty American, comes to Tuscany with the same idea. And when Lauren's son falls in love with Belinda's daughter, war is well and truly declared.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

From the Inside Flap:

Oh, the dream of escaping to Italy-and the nightmare of reality. . . .
"
Belinda Smith has found her very own" Tuscan" valley in the sun, having abandoned a dreary cheating husband and an even drearier English town. Running Casa Mia, her own too, too divine bed and breakfast, everything is coming up sunflowers and olive groves for La Contessa" of the Valley. Life couldn't be more perfecto!
Until, that is, the arrival of Lauren-a beautiful, feisty Wall Street ball-breaker who has the gall to announce her plans to open a new B&B. A place just like Belinda's-only much more glamorous. Even worse, Lauren, whose charmingly calculated smile Belinda recognizes as quite like her own, threatens Belinda's existence as the epicenter of all things ex-patriot in the valley.
Have Belinda's fabulous days of ruling supreme in this corner of the world come to an end? Will the carnivorous Lauren consume Belinda's dreams al fresco? Will Lauren's gorgeous son Kyle steal Belinda's lovely, overworked daughter away from home and hearth (who will do the cleaning, for God's sake?). War has come to lovely Tuscany-let the fur and focaccia fly!

About the Author:

Imogen Edwards-Jones is a freelance journalist who writes for a variety of newspapers and magazines including The Sunday Times, the Independent, the Daily Mail, the Guardian, the Evening Standard, Elle, Arena, Tatler and The Times. She is the author of three previous novels, MY CANAPAe HELL, SHAGPILE and THE WENDY HOUSE.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.