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The House by the Sea
Location(s): Devon, Tuscany
Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
Era(s): 1966 forward to 2009
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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