When we can't physically be in Europe, it's time to transport ourselves via our imaginations. Nat from UTracks in Auckland shares a book recommendation that transcends her to Italy.

 

 

 

I completely bought this book, The Little Italian Bakery by Valentina Cebeni, by accident and far removed from the usual crime novels that I read. 

 

 

The essence of Sardinia is perfectly captured and it is easy to whisk yourself out of this world and picture yourself within that one.  A place where time has stood still for years on end, but where the secrets of the island have also been hidden in its past.  A nice, light read, with a bit of mystery and some traditional Italian recipes scattered throughout the chapters that I cannot wait to try. 

 

 

 

 

Elettra buys a one-way ticket to that island, just off the coast of Sardinia. Once there, she discovers a community of women, each lost in their own way. They live in a crumbling convent, under threat from the local mayor and his new development plan. It is within the convent's dark corridors and behind its secret doors that Elettra discovers a connection to her mother's past. She also falls in love again: with friendship, baking and adventure.

 

I selected this book for our book club and I have enjoyed the book I am looking forward to the other ladies response. Carol, Sydney.