MJCCA Book Fest presents Rebecca Serle - One Italian Summer
The New York Times bestselling author of "In Five Years" returns with a powerful novel about the transformational love between mothers and daughters set on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast.
The Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta welcomes author Rebecca Serle to discuss her novel, "One Italian Summer."
Tickets are $10 for MJCCA members and $15 for non-members. A Cappella will have copies of "One Italian Summer" for purchase at the venue.
Masks are optional.
About the Book
When Katy's mother dies, she is left reeling. Carol wasn't just Katy's mom, but her best friend and first phone call. She had all the answers, and now, when Katy needs her the most, she is gone. To make matters worse, their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: to Positano, the magical town where Carol spent the summer right before she met Katy's father. Katy has been waiting years for Carol to take her, and now she is faced with embarking on the adventure alone.
But as soon as she steps foot on the Amalfi Coast, Katy begins to feel her mother's spirit. Buoyed by the stunning waters, beautiful cliffsides, delightful residents, and, of course, delectable food, Katy feels herself coming back to life.
And then Carol appears—in the flesh, healthy, sun-tanned, and thirty years old. Katy doesn't understand what is happening, or how—all she can focus on is that she has somehow, impossibly, gotten her mother back. Over the course of one Italian summer, Katy gets to know Carol, not as her mother, but as the young woman before her. She is not exactly who Katy imagined she might be, however, and soon Katy must reconcile the mother who knew everything with the young woman who does not yet have a clue.
Rebecca Serle's next great love story is here, and this time it's between a mother and a daughter. With her signature "heartbreaking, redemptive, and authentic" (Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author) prose, Serle has crafted a transcendent novel about how we move on after loss, and how the people we love never truly leave us.
About the Author
Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of "One Italian Summer," "In Five Years," "The Dinner List," and the young adult novels "The Edge of Falling" and "When You Were Mine." Serle also developed the hit TV adaptation "Famous in Love," based on her YA series of the same name. She is a graduate of USC and The New School and lives in Los Angeles.
