The Temptation of Gracie

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I understand I can change my preference through my account settings or unsubscribe directly from any marketing communications at any time. Over the course of the week, Gracie reveals the truth about what has drawn her back to the castle and its owner, the mysterious Count Bassanelli. Santa Montefiore's new book The Temptation of Gracie takes the reader on a journey to the Tuscan countryside as one woman attempts to reconcile the past with the present. The busy daughter, Carina, shows just how easy it is to lose sight of what is really important in life as she re-evaluates her priorities, and Anastasia demonstrates, in her actions, how important it is to listen.

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She lives on an expansive ranch and has been brought up under the spiritual practices of the gauchos, and the time-honored traditions of her highborn parents. This is the very first time I have listened to anything by this author and it certainly won't be the last. However, her announcement of traveling to Italy all of a sudden shocks everyone in the town including her daughter. If you are new to this author I would start with her earlier books such as the brilliant classics Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree, The Butterfly Box or The Forget Me Not Sonata.Intreaga poveste se desfasoara pe doua planuri temporale, avand-o pe Gracie in centrul atentiei: in trecut o avem pe Gracie, ucenica unchiului sau si a partenerului de afaceri al sau ca restaurator de tablouri si uneori falsificator, iar in prezent o avem pe bunica Gracie, care prinde curaj sa se intoarca in Toscana dupa 40 de ani. At times it felt like I was reading two separate stories and a successful emergence of the two didn't occur. Whatever the reason, she decides that shy, timid Gracie can't possibly go on her own, so she and her teenage daughter Anastacia (Gracie's granddaughter) will go as well. Mostly, it is about love – between men and women; between uncles, nieces, and nephews; between fathers and children; between mothers, daughters, and grand-daughters. Gentle, precocious, talented, he flourishes in his new home, and the family show him a life he hadn’t dreamed possible.

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From the very beginning, I was absolutely in love with the portrayal of Gracie's social "club" friends in her community. Although the characters are likeable and the descriptions of the Tuscan countryside are beautiful, the story felt oddly superficial. Understandably, Anastasia has some resentment toward Carina, preferring the company of her father or cell phone instead. Yet it is Gracie, along with daughter Carina and granddaughter, Anastasia, who find themselves enrolled on a cookery course in a small hillside town, in beautiful Tuscan countryside, on a holiday which quickly mends the strained relationship they share. I anticipated a story of a family rediscovering themselves and this was certainly part of the plot, but what I couldn't envisage was the unfolding story of Gracie's past.One of the reasons I love her books is that so often when reading them, when I eventually look up, I am surprised to still find myself in my own front room. Carina wasn’t my favourite character to begin with, I really felt like she needed to reevaluate her life, particularly where her daughter Anastasia was concerned. Through Gracie recollecting the past and going back to over 40 years previous to the 1950's we see she led a life very different from what she does now. With 68 year old Gracie’s stable and predictable life in Badley Compton a world away to the experiences she had as a teen/young woman, during the week at the cookery school in Castello Montefosco her past emerges as she confides in granddaughter Anastasia. In her Devon village she is greatly overlooked but in reality she enables many events to run smoothly.

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Join over 50,000 monthly readers and receive monthly book suggestions, book tracker printables, and reading inspiration straight to your inbox. Gracie claims to have led an unremarkable life and no one has any reason to disbelieve her – not even her nearest and dearest. Whether you're a longtime book lover or want to get into reading, I want to help you discover great books, even when you're short on time. the Italian writing style was gorgeous and I really felt that the location and Italian experiences were authentic.Secrets are revealed of a past that know one could even guess at and Gracie is just not the person they all thought they knew.