04523cam a2200637 4500 565399334 TxAuBib 20220428120000.0 ||||||s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781427294074 1427294070 ccd878d2-8803-4586-8264-91a783043afc OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3471459 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Lynch, Christina,. The Italian Party [Libby] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2018. living abroad. Historical Fiction. Tuscany. contemporary literature. mystery novels. literary novels. americans in Italy. historical fiction novels. the fifties. cold war fiction. romance in italy. audio books historical fiction. historical fiction audio books. historical fiction audiobooks. 1950s italy. communism in italy. lies and secrets. love in italy. novels set in europe. siena italy. audio books for adults. audio historical fiction. audio historical novels. audiobooks for adults. audiobooks historical fiction. historical fiction books on tape. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 289MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 289MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:The Italian Party by Christina Lynch is a delicious and sharply funny audiobook about "innocent" Americans abroad in 1950s Siena. Newly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany's famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the splendid surface to a more complex view of ltaly, America and each other. When Scottie's Italian teacher—a teenager with secrets of his own—disappears, her search for him leads her to discover other, darker truths about herself, her husband and her country. Michael's dedication to saving the world from communism crumbles as he begins to see that he is a pawn in a much different game. Driven apart by lies, Michael and Scottie must find their way through a maze of history, memory, hate and love to a new kind of complicated truth. Half glamorous fun, half an examination of America's role in the world, and filled with sun-dappled pasta lunches, prosecco, charming spies and horse racing, The Italian Party is a smart pleasure to listen to. Praise for The Italian Party: "Tremendous fun! Wives with big secrets, husbands with bigger ones, swirling around a 1950s Siena teeming with seduction and spycraft." —Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author of The Travelers and The Expats "The story plays like a confectionary Hollywood romance with some deeper notes reminiscent of John le Carré and Henry James. Scottie is a resilient main character who might have been played by Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn in a 1950s movie adaptation of this entertainingly subversive take on that seemingly innocent period." - Publishers Weekly "Set in Siena in 1956, this debut novel is a spy thriller, comedy of manners, and valentine to Italy, spiked with forbidden sex and political skulduggery [...] The ending is unexpected, with the author displaying a sophisticated, nuanced view of love and marriage that feels very modern. Or maybe it's just Italian." — Kirkus Reviews. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-06-26 20:00:03. Ballerini, Edoardo. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/3471459-TheItalianParty.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ccd878d2-8803-4586-8264-91a783043afc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1493-1/3471459-TheItalianParty.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=ccd878d2-8803-4586-8264-91a783043afc&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)