Why a Booktrail?
2023: She’s giving it all up in search of la dolce vita
What the Focaccia
What you need to know before your trail
When Ramona’s dream to launch a size-inclusive fashion line comes crashing down she decides it is time for a bold change. Realising there is little inclusivity in the exclusive world of haute couture, Ramona bids ciao for now to her old life and heads to Milan for fashion inspiration (and gelato).
Thrown off course, she rents a room in a Tuscan village where the locals are sceptical – particularly the infuriating Marco, who seems to be there whenever Ramona makes a fool of herself. Which is often.
Can a year in Tuscany get her life back on track? And will Ramona discover amore when she least expects it?
Travel Guide
Milan – the home of fashion
You get to explore the city of fashion through the eyes of someone who lives and breathes fashion in this book!
“Milan is buzzing – not the rat-race buzz of London and the collision of its bewildered commuters with their ill-fitting suits, hunched shoulders and stress-pinched faces, but a happy, sensory buzz. A wawrm blast of air hits my face as I exit the metro station at Montenapoleone to the welcoming smell of hot waffles and sunshine. The sultry sound of a saxophone weestles with the whir of an engine, a red Ferrari revving on the pavement just outside Prada, and it feels good to be alive.”
Fashion
” I take in the clean , cobbled streets and pivot my wheelie case over the lip of the last step, Hugo tilting to one side and threatening to fall into the gutter, sending me flying into a gaggle of girls clutching huge, shiny Valentino bags = all the girls identical with their long dark hair, oversized sunglasses, white vest tops, designer jeans and black patent heels. Who needs a catwalk runway when every pavement of Milan hosts a real-time fashion show?”
Altaterra
The village where she is invited to = this literally means high ground but appears to be fictional.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: What the Focaccia
Destination/location: Tuscany, Milan Author/guide: Ginger Jones Departure Time: 2023
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