This book was recommended to me when I said I'd been reading too many psycho-thrillers and needed to read something lighter. Well, it was light....too light for me.
Paul Stuart, from Scotland, is a food and wine writer who travels to Italy to complete his latest book. He runs into car rental snafu at airport where no cars are available so he ends up with a bulldozer. (Yes, they lost me there, can't see a city guy driving a bulldozer thru countryside.). I love to travel and was hoping this would include descriptions of Paul Stuart's travels in Italy. Not much, just countryside, small cafes and plazas.
Throw in an emotionally unstable ex-girlfriend who pops in to stir things up, and his editor who's really in love with him, along with a beautiful, intelligent woman who isn't emotionally available and I was ready to quit midway thru. But I kept hoping SOMETHING would happen to make this worth my time and effort. Nope, nothing exciting. I want my hours back. (Glad I borrowed from library, didn't waste a PBS credit.)
Paul Stuart, from Scotland, is a food and wine writer who travels to Italy to complete his latest book. He runs into car rental snafu at airport where no cars are available so he ends up with a bulldozer. (Yes, they lost me there, can't see a city guy driving a bulldozer thru countryside.). I love to travel and was hoping this would include descriptions of Paul Stuart's travels in Italy. Not much, just countryside, small cafes and plazas.
Throw in an emotionally unstable ex-girlfriend who pops in to stir things up, and his editor who's really in love with him, along with a beautiful, intelligent woman who isn't emotionally available and I was ready to quit midway thru. But I kept hoping SOMETHING would happen to make this worth my time and effort. Nope, nothing exciting. I want my hours back. (Glad I borrowed from library, didn't waste a PBS credit.)
This is just a fun book. I have loaned it to several people and we all loved it. I still laugh when I think of the scene at the airport with the Italian car rental person.
