what a lovely little book! i’ve been meaning to read this book for such a long time and while it did not quite reach my expectations, i still really enjoyed it.

i did get very emotional while reading this. i was sobbing at the start of the book and right at the end of the book. while i love dreading this, i found katy really hard to connect to. she just made her entire personality being carol’s daughter. i understand that grief hits you very hard, especially when you have such a strong relationship with your mother. but i do think it was slightly over done.

i felt so bad for eric. he was so sweet and katy made him out to be awful. he was there for her through the worst time in her life and gave her space when she wanted it. he was treated too harshly. and i don’t entire agree with katy’s argument that she can’t love and remain married to him because he’s not her mother.

i loved the imagery in this book. i really felt as though i was in italy and i LOVED it. this book made me miss summer and made me want to visit italy in the near future. that’s what made this such an enjoyable book - no katy (i’m sorry but i didn’t like her)

Emotional read in a captivating setting.

Katy finds herself adrift following the passing of her mother, Carol, and travels to Positano where Carol had spent a summer in her youth.

<spoiler>Does it count as cheating if you’re unknowingly time travelling? I was so relieved that they finally explained how it is that Katy is running into her now young mother (who is also recently deceased)… that once the shock wore off it really left me with more questions than answers.
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Loved the setting throughout the Amalfi Coast. And would read for purely that.

„history, memory is by definition fiction. once an event is no longer present, but remembered, it is narrative. and we can choose the narrative we tell - about our own lives, our own stories, our own relationships. we can choose the chapters we give meaning.“ (quote)

this was wonderful

different than expected -i didn’t know it involved some form of time travel- but great.

honestly the only thing i disliked was the cheating.
but that was thankfully a very short moment in the book.

but i absolutely loved the mother/daughter relationship.

how the daughter learns to understand not only herself but also that her mother (her parents overall) are not just her parents but their own people, with their own struggles and history. that they had their own dreams and ambitions and that while as a child your life and their life with you might seem perfect - maybe your parents wanted something else too. not because they are disappointed with what they have or gave up to raise t he r child but just cause they are human beings on their own beside being parents.

this was fun and sad but also brilliant and entertaining.

it shows the love for italy, how vibrant and life changing that country can be to anyone visiting and that it’s always a good idea to travel and trying to fin yourself first and foremost.

can’t wait to read more by this author!