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One Night in Italy

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One Night in Italy by Lucy Diamond is a heartwarming and charming romance centred on three women connected through an evening Italian class. Anna is eager to meet her Italian father for the first time, learning to bake focaccia and tiramisu as she prepares for her trip. Catherine is rebuilding her life after her husbandโ€™s betrayal, discovering painful secrets beyond infidelity. Sophie, the teacher longing for sunny Sorrento, finds that life and love can surprise her unexpectedly. As friendships form and secrets unravel, this is a year that changes them all.
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Ideal for readers who enjoy warm, character-driven romances with a touch of humour and an Italian setting. Fans of contemporary womenโ€™s fiction and tales of friendship, food, and love will find much to savour in this delightful novel.

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From the bestselling author of Summer at Shell Cottage comes another warm and wonderful novel, perfect for packing in your suitcase!

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

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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 lifeโ€”and loveโ€”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.

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Critics praise the novel as "funny, sunny and wise" (Katie Fforde) and "utterly joyous" (Miranda Dickinson). Milly Johnson calls it "charming, funny and as satisfying as a giant tiramisu." Reviewers highlight Lucy Diamond’s skillful weaving of three women’s lives, enhanced by the warmth of Italian language and cuisine, with an abundance of laughs, romance, and heartfelt friendships. It is described as "delicious, delightful and warm," guaranteed to make readers laugh out loud and cheer her colourful characters.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529088243

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pan Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 31.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 346g

Pages: 496

About the Author

Lucy Diamond grew up in Nottingham and went to university in Leeds where she studied English Literature. After graduating, she worked in publishing and at the BBC, and in her spare time she began writing children's books under a number of different pen names. Now the author of nineteen novels and a Sunday Times bestselling author, Lucy writes with warmth and honesty about the joy and surprises, as well as the complications, that love, family and friendships can bring. Lucy now lives in Bath with her husband and three children, and writes full time.

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