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The House by the Sea

The House by the Sea

Author(s): Santa Montefiore

Location(s): Devon, Tuscany

Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

Era(s): 1966 forward to 2009

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The Italian storyline begins in 1966 with Floriana, a ten-year-old girl who lives with her drunken father in a small village in Tuscany. 2009 we meet Marina, a woman in her fifties who runs a hotel on the Devon coast. In order to overcome financial difficulties, she advertises for a painter to take classes, enter Rafa. Montefiore brings the two stories together in a credible and skilled way.

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Taking the reader on a journey that visits Tuscany and Devon the view given is one the reader soon finds themselves transported to. The story will make you laugh, sigh and take a sharp...

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