Description Share Post Livia in Rome Bruna De Luca (Chicken House) Livia’s labelled ‘Scotland’ by Giulio, the long-lashed boy working at Livia’s Nonna’s café. Now, Livia’s mother has returned to support while Nonna, whom Livia’s renamed ‘Nina’, recovers in hospital. However, it seems Giulio is unprepared to disconnect the apron strings to Nina’s café, or indeed, Nina. What is he up to? Why, for example, does he hide the brown enveloped letters delivered to the café? Could he be taking money? Deceiving Nina? It seems that Livia’s determined to discover the truth. However, it’s difficult when you’re seen as foreign, even if you’re as Italian as lasagne. It means that Livia’s resentment grows, especially when she’s booked into language lessons. However, could the lessons be a role to friendships and understanding, and thereafter, a way to the truth about Nina’s café. Then again, Guilio? Ma might tease her, but Livia’s feelings for Giulio are not romantic. Or are they? Bruna de Luca presents such a delizioso story that melts like Roman pavement of gelato. Like Summer Under the Stars, for example, Livia in Rome is a story of friendship and discovery. Then again, it’s a wonderful travelogue. Bookwagon suggests, finally, that Livia in Rome is a faithful and hopeful story of family, too.
