My Modena, by Andrea Susan Valentine Gelfuso Goetz (aka Andrea Gelfuso), is a hilarious memoir of the year she and her family spent in Modena Italy. Modena, an Italian city that frustrated her every attempt to do the simplest things. Buying a stamp shouldn’t be this complicated. Living in an apartment that was like camping, with tile and nowhere to sit. Modena is a town full of ancient churches and beautiful Italians.
Here you will meet her friend Melanie, a fashionista who can make ATM’s bend to her will from across the country. You will also meet her landlady Giovanna and her husband Raimondo who watched as six firefighters tried to get Andrea and her family back into their 7th floor apartment, using a ladder truck.
You’ll also meet Piero the artist, Luca who sold boots, and let us not forget Danilo, Fabio (of the soon to be famous Fabio’s balcony), and Marcello, heart-stoppingly gorgeous Italians all.
There’s also a mime who knew much more than he was saying.
Come along with Andrea on a year long journey of hilarity, frustration, and exhilaration in Italy. In Modena. In only the way Andrea can tell it.
Come with her to My Modena.
Table des matières
Chapter 1 – We arrive!
Chapter 2 – Beginnings
Chapter 3 – Epiphany
Chapter 4 – We Can’t Comfortably Sit Down for an Entire Year
Chapter 5 – Alone Again, Unnaturally
Chapter 6 – Baggage
Chapter 7 – Impossibly Gorgeous Italians
Chapter 8 – Fabio On the Balcony
Chapter 9 – Modena
Chapter 10 – Il Maestro
Chapter 11 – Market Anxiety
Chapter 12 – Deliver This
Chapter 13 – Phonezilla
Chapter 14 – Carded
Chapter 15 – Don’t Bank on It
Chapter 16 – Buzz Off
Chapter 17 – Going Postal
Chapter 18 – Are We There Yet?
Chapter 19 – Permesso, Signore
Chapter 20 – Doctor Who?
Chapter 21 – Rescue Me
Chapter 22 – The Kids Are Alright
Chapter 23 – Imagine
Chapter 24 – Tea and Sympathy
Chapter 25 – Deliverance
Chapter 26 – Finding the Street Market – All Was Not Lost, but I Was
Chapter 27 – Agoraphobia Means ‘I Miss TJ Maxx’
Chapter 28 – Fitting In
Chapter 29 – Piccolina
Chapter 30 – Let’s Get This Straight
Chapter 31 – Winging It
Chapter 32 – Bella
Chapter 33 – It Happens
Chapter 34 – Foreigner
Chapter 35 – Game On
Chapter 36 – Race for the Cure
Chapter 37 – Cover Me
Chapter 38 – Venice
Chapter 39 – Thar She Blows
Chapter 40 – Flight Risk
Chapter 41 – UFLR Air – How to Make Enemies Without Even Trying
Chapter 42 – Signs
Chapter 43 – Keeping Track
Chapter 44 – Paris Scenes
Chapter 45 – Hotel St. S: You Can Czech Out Any Time You Like, But You Can Never Leave
Chapter 46 – Reality Bites
Chapter 47 – Birthday List
Chapter 48 – Modena Remembers 9-11
Chapter 49 – If These Walls Could Talk
Chapter 50 – Italy Is God’s Attic
Chapter 51 – Epilogue
A propos de l’auteur
Andrea Susan Valentine Gelfuso Goetz is an environmental attorney who adores Italy and all things Italian. A year in Italy with her husband and two kids, while living in an apartment that was like camping, with tile, and in a city that was like God’s attic, made her appreciate Italian culture, art, and heart-stoppingly gorgeous Italians. Her book, My Modena, a Year of Fear, Laughter, and Exhilaration in Italy details the delightful confusion of living in a town that made every task hilariously frustrating, but every walk a journey into Italy’s fascinating past – and thrilling present.Plus d’ebooks du même auteur(s) / Éditeur
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