Laura Gardner Longo

Villa Coco

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Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer, it’s a perfect summer read that’s both a Tuscan coming of age romp and a poetic look at how the choices of youth define adulthood. I laughed, I cried, I spent time on google Earth exploring off-the-beaten-track Italian villages. Buona!

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Villa Coco

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Merridith

Merridith

“So funny and charming. Read it and fall in love with the characters.”

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Kate

Kate

“This charmed my socks off. The Baronessa genuinely got a laugh out of me at the end. Will reread.”

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Marni Kane

Marni Kane

“Pleasant, escape-worthy, and completely delightful. Escape to Italy with a mischievous old countess and the young American roped into her schemes. “She was urging me to share that, but not unprocessed, unfiltered so that it remained in its crude, original form of pain and sorrow, plunked down like a bottle of homemade wine. You must tell it again another time. Made better, not just for the sake of”

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