Utilizziamo cookie e altre tecnologie simili necessari per consentirti di effettuare acquisti, per migliorare le tue esperienze di acquisto e per fornire i nostri servizi, come descritto in dettaglio nella nostra Informativa sui cookie. Utilizziamo questi cookie anche per capire come i clienti utilizzano i nostri servizi per poterli migliorare (ad esempio, analizzando le interazioni con il sito). Being a bit of a book snob; tending towards classics and cultural literature, I was slightly reluctant to buy her book, for although wonderful at vlogging, I was skeptical about her abilities as a writer (mainly due to her self publishing) The book is set in 1986, the first year I came here. I wanted to write a lot of my experiences, a lot of the funny, quirky little things that happened to me over the years. And I wanted to bring them all together in one fictional story. Wendy Holloway: And then for your editing, you airdrop onto your laptop and then next what's your process? Wendy Holloway: I read somewhere that even though you're married to an Italian, and you have a daughter, you still think about returning to England.

A Boatful of Lemons: An Unforgettable Summer on the Amalfi

I would finish the book when we were only supposed to read the first chapter. So I loved reading and me and my mum together, we always talked about writing a book one day, and it was something that we both loved the idea of doing. We talked about maybe doing it separately or doing it together, but it was a dream that we both had. I love books that have crossovers with other characters or books that have places that you can actually look up on Google and find, and they're real. I wanted to make the book a little bit like a treasure hunt in a way for visitors to Positano. So... You could read it and come here and find some of the locations, some of the characters even, and really get a feel of what it was like. So, that was my intention. I didn't want them to have the power of making me feel bad about what I'd written, so I never even contemplated sending it to a publisher. It sat on my computer for two years before I decided to publish it. I can remember everybody being so horrified by me and slowly, slowly people teaching me how to feed myself.November to March you can fully enjoy the area, tourist-free, although lots of restaurants and shops close for the winter. The book has some beautiful descriptions of Positano & the Amalfi coast, and the way it is richly detailed has the power to transport you to a different place & time. The warm, caring, nature of the townsfolk comes across wonderfully in the book - the primary cast and secondary characters are fleshed out nicely, and it is easy to care for them. I like that we also see them the cast in the future, and how they have got on with their lives. Wendy Holloway: I’ll share a little story with you. Before we were married, my husband took me to Positano in 1982 or 1983. We went there, driving along the Amalfi coast. It's so breathtaking.

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I've followed this author on YouTube (Positano Diaries) long before she had accumulated, thousands of followers. And this is why I self published as well. I didn't want to go the route of sending it off to publishers and having people reject it. Wendy Holloway: About a decade ago I went to a fish shop in Positano and I was watching them load fish coming from the port into the shop, just the most gorgeous fish. And then at a certain point one of the people in the shop loaded up a ton of fish and put it on his shoulder to walk off somewhere. And I said, “Where are you going?” And he said, “Oh, I'm taking this to a restaurant.”

Wendy Holloway: You have a lot of discussion about food in the book. Are you a passionate cook or are you just passionate about food and thought you'd include things like a cooking class and some recipes that really make you drool when you read them? So if you're doing it for the money, no, you need to find yourself a publisher who's going to publish it and get it out in the shops and everything.

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It's not often planned, we normally do it quite spontaneously. We only film with my phone, and we really don't have any special equipment. And then the other one that we go to quite often is our nearest restaurant to home, the Ritrovo up in Montepertuso, which is a beautiful little restaurant in the little piazza up in the town square. Scarica l'app Kindle gratuita e inizia a leggere immediatamente i libri Kindle sul tuo smartphone, tablet o computer, senza bisogno di un dispositivo Kindle. Anyway, the consequence was the world was going to end and everybody had to figure out where to go and a load of them went up into space. And Seven Eves - I never really considered why was it called that until I'd finished it the book - is left with just seven women, and they're the only humans left, and they have to figure out how to become Eve and repopulate the human race.

Wendy Holloway: I think it takes a decade or more before you really feel that the new reality in Positano, or in Rome, or whatever Italian place it is gets into you and becomes more what's “you” than not.

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He took me to this little place where he always stayed, one of these smaller family owned places, Casa Cosenza.

I’m American and I’ve lived in Italy for nearly four decades with my Italian family. My passion and strength lies in sharing Italian stories, recipes and unique travel insights on my blog, my Flavor of Italy trips and tours, newsletter and podcast. I gathered up all the people who were in Positano with me and said, “Come on! We're having lunch where this guy is going.” In fact, lunch at Ristorante Cambusa was amazing. Wendy Holloway: I think whenever an author writes a book, even if it's fiction, you can't help but put yourself into it because you have your life of experiences, outlooks, and it has to come through in one way or another, in overt ways or very subtle ways and of course that's the case with you as well.