Recipe for Life, Nicky Pellegrino
Recipe for Life, Nicky Pellegrino
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Recipe for Life

Author: Nicky Pellegrino

Narrator: Jane McDowell

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orion

Published: 12/03/2015


Synopsis

Escape to Italy with this sumptuous story of secrets and friendships under Mediterranean skies.

A recipe for life should be a simple thing: love and happiness, family, friends and a little food. But life is rarely straightforward...

Alice wants to make the most of life - after all, she knows how fragile it can be - and knows she never feels more alive than when she's cooking.
Babetta has spent a lifetime tending the garden of her tiny house on the Italian coast, supplying food to feed a family now grown and gone.

One summer these two women are brought together in a crumbling Mediterranean villa, with the shared language of food. There, under the heat of the Italian sun, or the shade of the pomegranate tree, secrets will be spoken, fears and hopes shared. But life's lessons are not learnt easily.

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Your favourite authors love Nicky Pellegrino...

'Heartrending and compelling' JOJO MOYES
'The ultimate escapist read!' VERONICA HENRY
'Deliciously romantic' ERICA JAMES
'Knowing, compassionate and moving' CATHERINE ROBERTSON
'Warm, engaging and truly delicious' ROSANNA LEY
'A delicious and sensual adventure' FIONA GIBSON

Readers can't get enough of 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 Melinda

How can anyone give Mary Berry a bad book review? Having watched many a series of “Bake Off”, I’ve come to love her pithy comments and excitement when she’s digging in to a piece of cake – a trait I can certainly relate to! So it’s with much curiosity that I picked up Mary Berry’s biography to find......more

Goodreads review by Wallace

I first 'met' Mary Berry when Pamela, my wife, give me a copy of her Complete Cookbook as a Christmas present in 2011. I had been advised by both my GP and my employers' medical advisor to take up a hobby, and I chose cooking! Since then I have purchased 2 further Mary Berry cookbooks and 2 cookbook......more