Dimensions
130 x 200 x 18mm
Miranda is house-sitting for her daughter and her Italian son-in-law in Venice on the edge of the grand canal. The Palazzo Bobolino seems to have attracted a selection of British waifs and strays, all determined to experience the real Italy.
Among them there's Lissabelle, an author who's not about to risk her "famous for being famous" reputation by committing a single word to paper; tortured artist Marco Polo, and token American Bruce, then there's Netty, who's so in love with everything Italian she's yet to notice that her ageing gondolier lover is more ageing than lover - and an anglophile through and through.
Miranda has fallen once before for Venice's false charms. She's not about to make the same mistake twice. Venice may have passion and a flair for melodrama but Miranda would much rather settle for tea and toast than a cappuccino any day of the week. But she's a long way from the safety of Shropshire now and in Venice the past is always just around the corner . . .
