In the final year of school, recently orphaned 18 year old Rosie strikes up an unlikely friendship with a group of girls from her year who decide to spend the summer on a vacation in Italy. There she meets Enzo, a young Italian man from a traditional, local, olive grove owning family in a cafe - bar in the village and despite their different backgrounds, they strike up a holiday romance.

The story follows both Rosie and Enzo and their friends over the years that follow - the ups and downs, different jobs, family tragedies and successes yet through it all, they never quite forget one another and that relationship that never came to be....

A holiday read, something easy and lighthearted to read on a train or a beach!

People who like to read stories about holidays or fans of romantic stories.

The "holiday" element of the book - I liked reading about the Italian landscapes and villages, the dishes they eat etc. I thought the friendships portrayed between Rosie and the other girls was quite realistic and I enjoyed reading about them and how their lives changed.

I thought the "love" story was rather far fetched as it did not seem realistic to me that a brief holiday romance at age 18 would be so prominent in years and years to come! (but maybe I am cynical....)

The book is written from the alternating point of view of both Rosie and Enzo and I found Enzo's side of the story quite slow to become interested in at first.

Go on holiday to Italy!!!

Glad I don't want a boyfriend

has written many other novels apparently, although I have not read any.

It is an easy read with lots of characters and description and a holiday theme.

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