Ники Пеллегрино

Italy, 1964. Maria Domenica is the eldest daughter in the Carrozza family from the tiny southern village of San Giulio. At 16, Maria's life is limited to the confines of her mother's rural kitchen (where she bakes bread every morning, the way the Carrozza women always have), and the Caffe Angeli, a place of friendship, strong espresso and famous ricotta sfolgliatelle. Her parents have hi...

A recipe for life should be a simple thing: love and happiness, family, friends, and a little food—but life is rarely straightforward. Alice wants to make the most of life—after all, she knows how fragile it can be—and knows she never feels more alive than when she's cooking. Babetta has spent a lifetime tending the garden of her tiny house on the Italian coast, supplying food to feed a family now...

THE VILLA GIRLS is the story of four young women who decide that wherever they are in the world and whatever they're doing they'll meet every few years for a holiday together somewhere sunny. Despite life taking them in very different directions, their snatched days in the sun in little hidden villas are crucial to them all. Escape, celebration, recovery - over the years the holidays cha...

Raffaella Moretti, by far the most beautiful girl in the southern Italian town of Triento, is about to marry the only boy she has ever loved. It seems that nothing but happiness lies in store for her. Yet, just one year later, she is a widow, and has taken a job as housekeeper in the Villa Rosa, working for a young American. As Raffaella struggles to recapture her lost happiness she starts look...

Откройте роман Ники Пеллегрино и окунитесь в волшебную атмосферу Рима 1950-х годов, насладитесь неповторимым очарованием узких каменных улочек, фонтанов и площадей. Туристам кажется, что те, кто живет здесь, вытянули счастливый билет. Серафина родилась в Вечном городе, но уверена, что ее жизнь ничем не примечательна. У нее есть мечта — встретить Марио Ланца, знаменитого американского певца, ус...

Роман "Итальянская свадьба" (2009) английской писательницы Ники Пеллегрино стал очень популярным сразу после выхода в свет. Пьета, молодой талантливый дизайнер, занимается подготовкой к свадьбе младшей сестры. Однако ей не дает покоя семейная тайна, портившая им жизнь в детстве и омрачающая ее теперь, когда они давно уже стали взрослыми.Незадолго до торжественного события девушки узнают, что в Ита...