This author explores complex relationships and cultural encounters through her writing. Her works often reflect her own varied life experiences, from unconventional career paths to time spent abroad. With a keen eye for detail and sharp observation, she captures the essence of human interaction and social dynamics. Her style is both witty and immersive, drawing readers into thoughtfully crafted worlds.
Hope is a determination to live for what is worth living for today, whatever tomorrow may bring. In the bleakest of times hope may seem beyond our grasp, but David Gee's stirring book helps us to see where we might find it, step-by- step, moment-by-moment, in ourselves, in those alongside us, and in the world around us.
Looking for her wayward son in 1960s Italy, an English widow encounters revelations and begins a dangerous romance.In Venice Lillian Rutherford meets the ex-gigolo who has shared the last four years of Andrew’s life; his disclosures force her to confront a side of her son that she never suspected. Going on to Amalfi, she meets the charismatic Prince Massimo Monfalcone, whose playboy son is being held to ransom in Corsica with Andrew. Massimo distracts Lillian with his life story: his first wife was murdered in a Sicilian blood-feud; his second wife killed herself because of his infidelity. As they wait for news of their sons, a bond grows between Lillian and the Prince...