“I'm sure it's wrong to go on being good for too long, till one gets miserable. And I can see you've been good for years and years, because you look so unhappy.”
The thought that one can't possibly mimic the travels of Mrs Wilkins and co by answering an advertisement to rent a castle on the Italian riviera for a summer is torture. Putting the potential prohibitive cost aside, the current status of the world makes the idea of travel such an unattainable one, for who could resist the pull of 'wisteria and sunshine'?
This book represents all that a holiday overseas means to me. An escape, a chance to review one's life and ensure its travelling on the right path, to find or rekindle romance and to enjoy the distance from the everyday ho-hum existence things that drag you down, leaving behind nothing but a lingering scent of acacia ( even if that makes me sneeze like nobody's business - damn hay fever).
Finding friendship, overcoming insecurities and really living, that is what this little book explores in a delightful fashion.In some ways it is the ultimate girls' trip. Like any girls' trip there are some romantic issues that make for interesting plot points.
5 out of 5 - I miss Italy!!
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