Tuscany, Fall 2018 ~ Read

The Italian Party by Christina Lynch is a great easy read ahead of traveling to Sienna. It describes both the city and its environment beautifully, details the famous Palio, Sienna’s horse race in late August, pokes fun at the CIA, and satisfies your run-of-the-mill craving for a textbook romance in Italian coutnryside. Wink, wink. I would say this book accomplishes quite well the task of giving its reader a sense of place.

From the book jacket: Newly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany’s famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the splendid surface to a more complex view of Italy, America, and each other. […] Half glamorous fun, half an examination of America’s role in the world, and filled with sun-dappled pasta lunches, prosecco, charming spies, and horse racing, The Italian Party is a smart pleasure.