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Das Italienische Mädchen (1996)

by Lucinda Riley(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Goldmann

review 1: A highly enjoyable book ... not quite as good as The Midnight Rose (which I'd give 10 out of 10), but maybe an 8 and a half, if only for its predictability.Rosanna first meets Roberto Rossini when she is only 11 years old, and he is already a rising star of the La Scala opera house. On the same night Carlotta also meets Roberto, and so begin years of secrets and a passionate love affair that will last a lifetime. Throw in all the usual characters: a treasured best friend (Abi), a devoted brother (Luca), a scheming mistress (Donatella) and a good natured 'nice-guy' (Stephen) and the stage is set for a saga spanning many years, filled with love, seduction, secrets, betrayal ... and opera!One of the most attractive things about this book is the foreward. Lucinda Riley wrote t... morehe original story some years ago, although it didn't get published. When she picked up the discarded manuscript she realised that it was still a great story. So she re-worked the characters and the plot into what is today the very readable 'The Italian Girl'.
review 2: Wow, what a beautiful novel, it has music,a beautiful setting, and a novel that I was so engrossed in, I couldn't put it down. The story begins with Rosanna growing up in her parents cafe helping them out, she has a sister who her parents dote on, and they don't seem to notice Rosanna the younger daughter. Everything changes when Roberta an opera star visits, and hears her exquisite voice. Rosanna's brother pays for her lessons secretly for years unbeknown to her parents who would have refused to pay. This book and all the characters were all well thought out, and all linked,and it so reminded me of The Thorn Birds!! This is another book that has you sobbing, and having to put it down for a short time before going back to see what would happen next. I found it so moving, and it is yet another book by Lucinda that will stay with me for years to come. less

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