Ciao Bella! : six take Italy / Australians Families Immigrants
Langbroek, Kate,
Ciao Bella! : six take Italy / Kate Langbroek. - xii, 351 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
When Kate Langbroek first dreamed of moving to Italy, she imagined a magnificent sun-drenched pastiche of long lunches and wandering through cobbled laneways clutching a loaf of crusty bread and a bottle of wine, Sophia Loren-style, while handsome men called out ‘Ciao Bella!’ In the stark light of day the dream Kate shared with her husband Peter after an idyllic holiday in Italy seemed like madness. They didn’t speak Italian. They knew no one in Italy. They had four children. Kate also had the best job in the world on a top-rating radio show with her longtime friend, Dave Hughes. But the siren song of Italy was irresistible. This would be the adventure of a lifetime, a precious opportunity to spend more time with their children – Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jannie – and it came from a deep well inside to seize life after they almost lost Lewis to leukaemia.
9781760857547
Langbroek, Kate--Travel--Italy.
Australians--Italy--Biography.
Families--Italy.
Immigrants--Italy.
Italy--Social life and customs.
Italy--Description and travel.
Travel writing.
914.504092
Ciao Bella! : six take Italy / Kate Langbroek. - xii, 351 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.
When Kate Langbroek first dreamed of moving to Italy, she imagined a magnificent sun-drenched pastiche of long lunches and wandering through cobbled laneways clutching a loaf of crusty bread and a bottle of wine, Sophia Loren-style, while handsome men called out ‘Ciao Bella!’ In the stark light of day the dream Kate shared with her husband Peter after an idyllic holiday in Italy seemed like madness. They didn’t speak Italian. They knew no one in Italy. They had four children. Kate also had the best job in the world on a top-rating radio show with her longtime friend, Dave Hughes. But the siren song of Italy was irresistible. This would be the adventure of a lifetime, a precious opportunity to spend more time with their children – Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jannie – and it came from a deep well inside to seize life after they almost lost Lewis to leukaemia.
9781760857547
Langbroek, Kate--Travel--Italy.
Australians--Italy--Biography.
Families--Italy.
Immigrants--Italy.
Italy--Social life and customs.
Italy--Description and travel.
Travel writing.
914.504092