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One Night in Italy

By: Lucy Diamond
Narrated by: Geraldine Sharrock
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One Night in Italy is a charming, funny and heartwarming novel from Lucy Diamond, author of The Beach Cafe.

Is Italian really the language of love? A new class of students hopes to find out . . .

Anna's recently been told the father she's never met is Italian. Now she's baking focaccia, whipping up tiramisu and swotting up on her vocabulary, determined to make it to Italy so she can find him in person.

Catherine's husband has walked out on her, and she's trying to pick up the pieces of her life. But she'll need courage as well as friends when she discovers his deception runs even deeper than infidelity.

Sophie's the teacher of the class, who'd much rather be back in sunny Sorrento. She can't wait to escape the tensions at home and go travelling again. But sometimes life – and love – can surprise you when you least expect it.

As the evening class gets underway, friendships form and secrets from Italy begin to emerge. With love affairs blossoming in the most unlikely places, and hard decisions to face, it's going to be a year that Anna, Catherine and Sophie will never forget.

Funny, sunny and wise. An absolute treat -- Katie Fforde

An utterly joyous novel -- Miranda Dickinson

Charming, funny and as satisfying as a giant tiramisu. Loved it -- Milly Johnson

Lucy Diamond is a brilliant writer and she skilfully weaves together three women's lives, each enhanced and changed by the language and food of Italy -- Abby Clements

Delicious, delightful, and warm, Lucy Diamond never fails to make you laugh out loud and cheer for her colourful cast of characters, and One Night In Italy is no exception -- Rowan Coleman

This warm, funny, novel skilfully weaves together the lives of three woman, all of them changed or bettered by the language and food of Italy ? Woman's Own©2014 Lucy Diamond (P)2014 W.F. Howes Ltd Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Italy Comedy Funny Feel-Good
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The book is complete chick-lit but not without interest, the characters are quite well drawn. I bought this in the hope it would have an Italian language flavour but sadly almost no Italian words to be found, and I still don't know which one night in Italy the title refers to. The reader had dreadful Italian (and cockney) accents; she mispronounced several words (chez, garrulous, ensconced) and the pauses were in weird places. I think this is an editing problem which should have been ironed out before publication. For a comparison I much preferred Maeve Binchy's Evening Class - similar idea, more Italian!

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three stories in one - keeps you interested from the start. nothing deep or profound- just a good- feel read/listen!

3 stories in one

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I was unsure at the start but got hooked after the first chapter. It was pacy and funny. I finished it in 3 days. Would recommend.

One Night

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Another of Lucy’s feel good, easy reading books. The main characters are all well defined and believable. The main issue I have is with the narration which is good in parts but mostly delivered in a one speed monotone. I could mostly live with the pronunciation of the Italian words that introduce each chapter, other than a couple which I felt obliged to rewind in order to fully appreciate how so far off the mark they were. Having said that, the story line and characters were sufficiently entertaining to keep me going until the end of the book.

Well written, poorly narrated

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Lovely story and the narrator was great. Really couldn't wait for each free moment I got to listen to more!!!

As a northerner I loved it

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