Girl by the Sea: Life, Love and Food on an Italian Island
By (Author) Penelope Green
Hachette Australia
Hachette Australia
15th February 2011
2nd New edition
Australia
General
Non Fiction
Memoirs
914.573
336
Width 131mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
270g
From her rooftop terrace, Penelope Green looks out across the sparkling waters of the Bay of Naples, and down into a garden of lemon trees and magnolias. Has her Italian dream come true For Penny and her Italian love, Alfonso, the idyllic island of Procida, across the bay from Capri, can offer the life they are looking for. But first Penny has to find a way into its tight community. One thing she has in common with the locals is a love of food, so she sets herself a goal - to master the Procidan cuisine and become more than just a visitor. Across kitchen tables, in bustling cafes, and over long lunches under vine-covered pergolas, Penny learns the art of Italian cooking, builds friendships, and discovers the rhythms and secrets of island life.
It s a lovely chronicle of the joys and pitfalls of moving to a small community... A charming concoction of love, food and life with recipes! - The Australian Women s Weekly With her observant eye for detail, young Sydney-born journalist Penelope Green's account of her time living on the beautiful Italian island of Procida with her partner, Alfonso, is an endearing insight into a small community where life, love and food reign supreme. - Sunday Telegraph interspersed with mouthwatering recipes and Procida is explored from a historical, cultural, architectural, social and heart-on-the-sleeve personal perspective. Delivered with a light and breezy tone, it's easy to consume. - Courier Mail
Penelope Green was born in Sydney and worked as a print journalist around Australia for a decade before moving to Rome in 2002. Her first book, When in Rome, recounts her early experiences in the Eternal City. In 2005 she moved to Naples to work for ANSAmed, a Mediterranean news service. She found an apartment in the city's colourful Spanish Quarter, worked hard at mastering the Neapolitan dialect, and writing her second travel memoir, See Naples and Die. Girl by the Sea completes Penny's Italian experience as she moves to the idyllic island of Procida, with her Italian partner, Alfonso. The couple are now living in Australia.