A review by linneahedvig
Battle of the Villa Fiorita by Rumer Godden
4.0
No book has made me more sad about not traveling this year than this one. I'm not even that into Italian lakes, but I desperately need to stay in a villa on Lake Garda now.
I read [b:The Greengage Summer|897867|The Greengage Summer|Rumer Godden|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348744223l/897867._SY75_.jpg|2641291] this spring, and this is another Rumer Godden book about British children experiencing another culture for the first time. But that book was about France and this one is set in Italy and they are very different. But there's so much good food in both! I love the way Rumer Godden tells a coming of age story. Her characters are introspective, even when they're being stubborn or petty, and it just saves the reader so much angst.
I read [b:The Greengage Summer|897867|The Greengage Summer|Rumer Godden|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1348744223l/897867._SY75_.jpg|2641291] this spring, and this is another Rumer Godden book about British children experiencing another culture for the first time. But that book was about France and this one is set in Italy and they are very different. But there's so much good food in both! I love the way Rumer Godden tells a coming of age story. Her characters are introspective, even when they're being stubborn or petty, and it just saves the reader so much angst.