The Gypsy Tearoom - Nicky Pellegrino

Raffaella, a fisherman's daughter, has spent her life living among the fishes at the bottom of the hill. When she marries into the wealthy Russo family she moves up in the world, literally, and starts a new life for herself and her husband in the town at the summit. But when the unthinkable happens and her husband dies suddenly, she is left to fend for herself. As she increasingly becomes the subject of the sort of malicious gossip that comes with small town life, Raffaella is at a bit of a loose end, and jumps at the chance of a job as housekeeper and cook at a nearby summer home. While there, she meets the handsome "Americano", Eduardo, who has been brought ...  Read the complete review