After two years in their barely comfortable stable in San Casciano, Marlena and Fernando de Blasi know it's time to move on. They are looking for a home in which to set a sumptuous table and, in Orvieto, they find it. The town is known as 'La Divina', the Divine, for its abundance of treasures but it's the friendships Marlena and Fernando make that brings richness to their lives. They learn that Orvieto offers life in its most embraceable form: love, work, food and wine -- these are the most important things.
The third book in the trilogy of Marlena and Fernando's romance, with began with 'A Thousand Days in Venice' and 'Tuscan Secrets', 'An Umbrian Love Story' continues Marlena's passionate love affair with Fernando, with Italy, and with food, as she befriends the local aristocracy, the cooks and the artisan makers of mouth-watering breads, cheeses, wine and pastries as well as the shopkeepers, farmers and shepherds, each of whom brings a gift to the table and to the story. Each part of the simple, sometimes chaotic, often celebratory daily life Marlena creates in Orvieto.
