The Right Place
By (Author) Carla Caruso
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
HQ Fiction
20th August 2018
Australia
General
Fiction
Family life fiction
Modern and Contemporary romance
Ethnic groups and multicultural studies
Rural communities
Paperback
400
Width 154mm, Height 235mm, Spine 30mm
486g
Can the past show you the way home
With her dreams of dominating Melbourne's fashion scene in tatters, Nella Martini has returned to the last place she wants to be Torrente Blu, the market garden inherited from her late nonna. She just needs to clean up the property, sell it quickly, and avoid runins with her neighbour: surly Adrian Tomaso.
But when Nella comes across her nonna's cookbook things start to change. The place, with its endless tomato plants and gallons of olive oil in storage, gets under her skin, as does Adrian with his passion for this life. But her dreams have always meant being anywhere but here haven't they Or has the right place been here all this time
For Esta Feliciano in the 1950s, the right place was her Italian village. But in search of a better life than wartorn Italy has to offer, her husband has moved Esta and their daughter to this alien country, settling on a small, flat piece of land that he calls Torrente Blu. Can Esta come to grips with the harsh Australian sun and strange culture
Woven with traditional Italian recipes, The Right Place is the heartfelt story of two women's journeys, as they discover how the right place to call home can be where you make it...
Carla Caruso was born in Adelaide, Australia, and only 'escaped' for three years to work as a magazine journalist and stylist in Sydney. Previously, she was a gossip columnist and fashion editor at Adelaide's daily newspaper, The Advertiser. She has since freelanced for titles including Woman's Day, Cleo and Shop Til You Drop. These days, she writes fiction in between playing mum to twin sons Alessio and Sebastian, making fashion jewellery, and restoring vintage furniture. Oh, plus checking her daily horoscopes, jogging, and devouring trashy TV shows! Find out more on Carla's website, or follow her on InstagramandFacebook.