A Year at Hotel Gondola, Nicky Pellegrino
A Year at Hotel Gondola, Nicky Pellegrino
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A Year at Hotel Gondola
The perfect heartwarming Italian romance you need to read this holiday season

Author: Nicky Pellegrino

Narrator: Jane McDowell

Unabridged: 9 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 03/22/2018


Synopsis

'Lyrical, heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES on Recipe for Life

Kat is an adventurer, a food writer who travels the world visiting far-flung places and eating unusual things. Now she is about to embark on her biggest adventure yet - a relationship.

She has fallen in love with an Italian man and is moving to live with him in Venice where she will help him run his small guesthouse, Hotel Gondola. Kat has lined up a book deal and will write about the first year of her new adventure, the food she eats, the recipes she collects, the people she meets, the man she doesn't really know all that well but is going to make a life with.

But as Kat ought to know by now, the thing about adventures is that they never go exactly the way you expect them to...

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'Warm, engaging and truly delicious' Rosanna Ley, author of The Little Theatre by the Sea

'A delicious and sensual adventure' Fiona Gibson, author of The Woman Who Met Her Match

'Wonderfully evocative' Pamela Hartshorne, author of The Cursed Wife

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Readers are loving Nicky Pellegrino!

'I could smell the fresh pasta, feel the sunshine, smell the sea breeze and feel my worries wash away.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Through Italy, through food, through heartbreak, through love, through family. Add in a pinch of karmic justice and you have the perfect read with a joyful ending!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Once again Nicky Pellegrino had me captivated with this amazing story. It made me laugh, made me cry. I read it in one afternoon' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

'Such a great escapism read, full of emotions and family drama with love' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

About Nicky Pellegrino

When Nicky Pellegrino's Italian father came to England he fell in love with and married a Liverpool girl. He brought to his new family his passion for food and instilled in them what all Italians know - that you live to eat instead of eating to live. This Italian mantra is the inspiration behind Nicky's delicious novels. When Nicky met and married a New Zealander she moved to Auckland where she works as a journalist and edits a woman's magazine.

About Jane McDowell

Jane McDowell's work spans theatre, film, television and radio. Screen work includes a leading role in the award winning British feature film Twelve In A Box, major roles in several Bollywood films, numerous short films and the BBC dramas Dustbin Baby and Daughters. She has recorded plays and poetry readings for BBC radio, works regularly for BBC Audio Books and Calibre Audio Library and for Interact, a company of actors who read to stroke patients in London hospital. Jane holds an MA in Performance Studies from Central School of Speech and Drama. She lives in London with her daughter Antonia.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale on September 10, 2021

Three and a half stars. Kat has opted to spend a year in Venice, to see what it is like to live in one place for a while instead of flitting around the world. Kat has a contract to write a book about her experience. Those chapters are included in the story. They are clearly labelled and in a differen......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on July 12, 2018

If you have ever wanted to feel as though you have been to Venice and stayed there for a considerable amount of time, then this is easily the book for you. For Kat has decided to spend a year at The Hotel Gondola in the aim of seeing what it is like to put down roots in once place after travelling t......more

Goodreads review by Lady_bercilak on May 18, 2018

I found it difficult to finish this book. I couldn't engage with Kat, the protagonist. She was so self-absorbed and yet unaware of herself. I got to the point where I was reluctant to pick the book up and read another chapter. I think part of the problem was that the story was told partly in Kat's o......more

Goodreads review by Knygų on April 05, 2022

4⭐ Skaitant knygą tikrai nesunkiai buvo mintimis nukeliauti į Veneciją ir joje praleisti visus metus, pajusti tikrąjį maisto skonį, o kam įsivaizduoti sunku, yra pateikti ir receptai. Įdomios asmenybės, lengvi istorijos vingiai. Norėjosi dar aštresnių veiksmų, dramos, intrigos, bet turbūt atsižvelgia......more

Goodreads review by Mandy on April 24, 2018

I didn't think this was one of her best, however quick easy read, enjoyed the Venice theme and especially the food, it made me want to go and try out some of the recipes.......more