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2000s: There is a heatwave across Europe
The Homemade God
What you need to know before your trail
Goose and his three sisters gather at the family’s house by Lake Orta in Piedmont, Italy. Their father, a famous artist, has recently remarried a much younger woman and decamped to Italy to finish his masterpiece. Now he is dead and there is no sign of a painting.
Alhough the siblings have always been close, as they search for answers over that summer, the things they learn – about themselves, their father and their new stepmother – will drive them apart before they can come to any kind of understanding of what their father’s legacy truly is.
Locations
Reset- Italy - Piedmont
- A: Lake Orta
- B: Piazza Mario Motta
- C: Isola San Giulio
- D: City of Orta San Giulio
- England - London
- E: Regent's Park
- F: Weymouth Street
Travel Guide
Lake Orta, Italy
Lake Orta is a lake in northern Italy, west of Lake Maggiore. It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius (4th century), the patron saint of the region.
San Giulio Island (Isola di San Giulio) is the only island within Lake Orta. The most famous building on the island is the Basilica di San Giulio and an old seminary. It was transformed into a Benedictine monastery in 1976.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: The Homemade God
Destination/Location: Lake Orta, London Author: Rachel Joyce Departure: 2000s
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