With heart, humour and spicy secrets
Vera Renzi leads an idyllic life straight out of a picture book. She is in her early forties, has reasonably well-adjusted children and has been married to Carlo for over twenty years. However, Carlo's mother, Nonna Gina, firmly presides over the Renzi household, dictating its rhythms. era only has a say when it comes to dusting. Her kiosk offers her a tiny sanctuary - as does her passion for writing. When her first novel unexpectedly becomes a bestseller, everything is turned upside down. She must hide her alter-ego as author Lucia Barone, whose book would shock her devout Catholic sister to the core. But while Vera feverishly ties to hide her identity as an author, a completely different secret comes to light in the Renzi house...