I wanted to like this book from the beginning. I was hooked on the fact that it takes place in Italy during the summer. What’s not to love.
I learned it was about a strong mother-daughter relationship. I also learned it was about loss. I had a mother; I have a daughter.
The main protagonist, Katy Silver, is 30 when we meet her. When my daughter, Sophia, turned 30 we traveled to Savannah, Georgia, to celebrate her birthday. We created such memories for both of us.
For Katy, she was looking forward to a mother-daughter trip. Then she loses her mother.
When I was in my 20s, my mother gave me a touching compliment over coffee one afternoon. “You are my daughter, but you are also a lovely young woman and I am glad to know you.”…