Sally Brady's Italian adventure
Lynch, Christina2024
Book
What if you found yourself in the middle of a war armed only with lipstick and a sense of humour? Abandoned as a child in Los Angeles in 1931, dust bowl refugee Sally Brady convinces a Hollywood movie star to adopt her, and grows up to be an effervescent gossip columnist secretly satirizing Europe's upper crust. By 1940 saucy Sally is conquering Fascist-era Rome with cheek and charm. A good deed leaves Sally stranded in wartime Italy, brandishing a biting wit, a fake passport, and an elastic sense of right and wrong. To save her friends and find her way home through a land of besieged castles and villas, Sally must combat tragedy with comedy, tie up pompous bureaucrats in their own red tape, force the cruel to be kind, and unravel the mystery, weight, and meaning of family.
Main title:
Sally Brady's Italian adventure / Christina Lynch.
Author:
Lynch, Christina, author
Edition:
First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Imprint:
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2024.©2023
Collation:
358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes:
First published: New York: St Martin's, 2023.Includes discussion questions.
ISBN:
9781250881625 (paperback)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
Women travelers -- FictionAmericans -- Italy -- FictionJournalists -- FictionWomen -- Italy -- Social conditions -- FictionWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- FictionRome (Italy) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionItaly -- History -- 20th century -- FictionLos Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionHistorical fiction
BRN:
486917