One Summer Day in Rome, Mark Lamprell
One Summer Day in Rome, Mark Lamprell
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One Summer Day in Rome
A Novel

Author: Mark Lamprell

Narrator: Steve West

Unabridged: 7 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/01/2017


Synopsis

“New York, Paris, London—every grand metropolis—has its own irresistible attraction but Rome so swirls with stories of saints and sinners…lovers and fighters, that she compels you towards her, like gravity…. No one leaves her unaltered. Part of you always loves her. This is the place where passions are aroused, senses inflamed, and lovers fall into each other’s arms. It all appears to unfold like magic but I will tell you what really happens…Come with me, if you will, and observe my labors.”

Mark Lamprell's One Summer Day in Rome is an enchanting audiobook about three couples drawn irresistibly to Rome, narrated by the city itself.

Alice, an art student in New York City, has come to Rome in search of adventure and inspiration before settling down with her steady, safe fiancé. Meg and Alec, busy parents and successful business people from LA, are on a mission to find the holy grail, a certain blue tile that will make their home renovation complete—but soon it becomes clear that their marriage needs a makeover as well. Connie and Lizzie are women of a certain age—“Sometimes I look at my laughter lines and wonder what on earth could have been that funny”—who come from London to scatter the ashes of their beloved husband and brother. Both women are seemingly done with romance, but Rome has other ideas.

Brimming with wit and charm (and gelato), One Summer Day in Rome is the most delicious audiobook you will listen to this summer.

About Mark Lamprell

Mark Lamprell works in film and television. He is the author of the novels The Full Ridiculous and One Summer Day in Rome, and he co-wrote the film Babe: Pig in the City. Mark has travelled to Rome for many years.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Zoe

Absorbing, romantic and incredibly moving! One Summer Day in Rome is a story about love, new love, struggling love, eternal love, and lost love. The story takes place in the time span of one day and takes us into the lives of three couples; Alice and August, university students from different continen......more

Goodreads review by Astrid

Een aantal mensen komt elk met een eigen doel naar Rome, waar alles anders verloopt dan men verwacht. Het verhaal speelt zich af op een stuk of dertig locaties. Sommige details, zoals de namen en het interieur van bepaalde hotels, zijn gefingeerd, maar verder is alles echt. Het zijn allemaal korte h......more

The blurb likens this book to the movie Love, Actually, and although I wouldn’t totally agree with that, I do agree it was a light and easy read with an enjoyable rom com/chick lit feel about it. It follows the story of three couples, all at different stages of their lives. The young just falling in......more

Goodreads review by Douglas

Damn! This romance-y book has foiled my attempts to remain impervious to romance-y type books! The story follows three parallel tales. One concerns Alec and Meg, an unhappily married American/Australian couple too busy grumping at each other to smell the roses. Another is about aristocrats Lizzie an......more


Quotes

“Absolutely enchanting, an ode to all the semi-magical towns and vibrant cities in the world where fate is decided. Love has many faces—and Mark Lamprell knows them all. This is a book for those willing to travel the road of love from the beginning, across the long middle, to the end, over and over again. (And, by the way: you will discover the secret places of Rome in every chapter!)”
—Nina George, author of New York Times bestseller The Little Paris Bookshop