About this title: Expecting nothing, a divorced, middle-aged woman from Missouri vacationing in Venice whimsically accepts a date with a man named Fernando and, miraculously, finds true love. Here she recalls the details of their rapid courtship, their marriage, and the aftermath.
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780345457646ISBN:0345457641
Description: Good. Back/Front cover has minor tearing or ripping. Standard used condition. May have light reading or storage wear. All orders processed within 2 business days. Ships from Foxboro MA. read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and may have creases. read more
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By Debbie,
Dudley, West Midlands, The United Kingdom
"You'd be forgiven for thinking this book is set in the early 1900's its hard to belive a modern woman could really have behaved so recklessly. Unbelievably this book it a true account of Marlena life from meeting her lover annoyingly called the stranger throughout and deals with her move to be with him in Venice. As a chef there are details of meals eaten and each chapter has the recipe at the end. If you are expecting sensual perhaps even sexual foody narrative you wont find it here, infact there is so little indication as to why she fell in love with this man. Throughout he never appears romantic and is unappreciative of her skills as a chef. It all comes across like she was his 'meal ticket' and I was disappointed it wasnt the love story I was expecting."
"I thought the title "A thousand days in Venice : an unexpected romance" referred to a romance with Venice, it turned out that the city wasn't the main focus of the author's passion. This is a "cute" love story about De Basi finding love and marriage with a "Peter Sellers" lookalike while in Venice. I was expecting more of Venice and less of the human romance."
"As I have said before there is just something about travel books that draws me in. Ever since I read A Year in Provence I was hooked on the genre. A couple of months ago I read A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Not far into the book I realized that Venice came before Tuscany and I had missed how our lovely couple met and moved to Tuscany. I'm a stickler for reading series in the correct order so I was disturbed that I was going to have to go backward and the story would be ruined. The way de Blasi writes proved that this was not going to be a problem at all. The history of Venice from de Blasi's perspective was very romantic and made the book enjoyable. I look forward to seeing where these two lovebirds settle down next!"
"This came highly recommended to me, and I've got to say that I did not love it nearly as much as did the person who told me about it. But I did like it. It's a memoir of a woman with a good life, a new house and a thriving restaurant business who is also a food writer. She often travels to Italy on assignment and in Venice encounters a man who has fallen in love with her at first sight. She puts everything else aside and moves to Venice to be with him. There is a lot of descriptive language about food and her passion for Venice and its environs. A good summer read."
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