ONE ITALIAN SUMMER: the instant New York Times bestseller

Not up to expectations but a really good book

Katy Silver feels undone - her mother - her best friend, and soulmate - has just died and nothing in Katy's life will be the same. She ends up leaving her husband and taking off on a dream holiday she and her mom had planned, revisiting Positano, a beautiful Italian city her mom stayed in when she was Katy's age. But when she gets there, she ends up meeting her mom, 30 years in the past and discovering different parts of her beloved parent she never knew about.I really enjoyed this - it's a really quick, gripping read and transported me to the gorgeous coastal town of Positanto and I want to go there so bad now after reading this. I felt like I could feel the sun on my shoulders, the tingle of sunburn on my nose from the Italian sun, the sand between my toes as I drank a crisp white wine on a balcony overlooking the coloured houses on the hills. The setting and atmosphere in this book is 10/10.I always love seeing how grief is explored in books, as every person's experience is so personal to them and I don't think anyone grieves the same way. Katy needed to shake off her entire life, and be absent with herself and figure out who she was going to be without a mom in her life. Of course, she ends up discovering her mom in a different way and I thought it was an interesting way to do it. I did feel a bit sad in all the way's Carol was different in Katy's memories in comparison to the Positano Carol from how joyous and free she was to simpler things like allowing herself to wear a beautiful swimming costume, and eating what she wanted.There's definitely a selfishness in Katy's grief which I think is hard to read but also something you couldn't not understand. She leaves behind a husband who obviously adores her, and her dad who has lost his life partner and most likely could use the strength and support of his only child during his time of grief.The story felt like it had an old school filter on it, that made it vintage and glamorous. A very different Positano than one you may find today but that doesn't make either more beautiful than the other. I think this makes the perfect summer/holiday read and would recommend people picking it up.

This book was not for me. I read a lot of books and this was one of the worst. I thought it sounded like an easy summer read to read in this lovely weather.It was awful I don’t know what to say about it, I didn’t finish it. It’s about a woman who’s mother dies and she goes on a holiday to Italy that they had booked for the two of them before her mother dies and meets her dead mother who is now a young woman who she becomes obsessed who.I thought it might be funny, believe me there’s no humour no emotion nothing. It’s just about some spoilt woman

What a life affirming and magical story, with its gorgeous Italian setting it was pure escapism and with its magical time travel element it was a unique premise that enabled the reader to really thing about life, death and love - I cried and smiled and went through a whole smorgaboard of emotions. It’s a book that will stay with me. A form favourite and one I would highly recommend

Wonderful book, loved this from start to finish. I felt every emotion and the storyline is one of pure pleasure, I got lost in this by the pool and finished it within 48 hours. Wonderfully written and brilliant characters. Recommended this to everyone I know who reads ❤️

I loved the magic of it all ,the love the romance,and the finding of oneself at the end and finding the love she always had in her husband beautiful!