The Rome Apartment
by Kerry Fisher
Narrated by Emma Spurgin Hussey
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Pub Date Jul 27 2023 | Archive Date Aug 31 2023
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Description
When Elizabeth drops her beloved only daughter off at college, she holds back the tears…fighting her worries about an empty nest with the thought of all the adventures that she and her husband Joel can now enjoy together. But as soon as they sit down to eat dinner that evening, Joel drops a bombshell. He wants a break.
Searching for an escape, Elizabeth discovers an apartment in Rome that is only available for three months rental to ‘an English woman of a certain age’. She reads on to find out the philosophy of Veronica, the 75-year-old owner, is that there is always joy to be found, however difficult the circumstances, and that it is an insult to the gift of life to not live it joyfully and fully – and that there is no better place to make this happen than Rome, the most beautiful city in the world.
Elizabeth accepts the challenge, and on arrival, finds that Veronica has a numbered list of challenges for her.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Audiobook |
| ISBN | 9781038648136 |
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Featured Reviews
Cariad L, Reviewer
Yet another fantastic book by Kerry Fisher. Beautifully narrated, I was lost for hours in Rome listening to this one!
Her books deliver great stories, with likeable, relatable characters and plenty of details that have me gripped in her worlds.
Thanks so much Bolinda Audio, via Netgalley, for gifting me an audiobook copy for review - can't wait for more!
Yvette G, Reviewer
Beth is married to Joel and they have a daughter named Maddie. Beth and Joel are empty nesters after dropping Maddie off at college a few months ago. One day Joel tell Beth that he wants a break from their marriage and is leaving on a work trip to Paris indefinitely. Beth is left heartbroken.
One day she finds an ad for an apartment in Rome with a short term lease of 3 months and with a push from her friends she goes. She makes friends when she is in Rome and she meets Rico. Veronica owns the apartment and helps Beth learn to slow down, enjoy life and to find beauty everywhere around her. Rico is a musician who is bad for her in every way, but is the one who brings her back to life.
I love how you watch Beth go from being broken hearted to a strong independent woman by the end of the book. By the end, she realizes she was better then ok without Joel, she wasn’t happy with him, and that somewhere along the way she just stopped missing him. The trip to Rome changed her life. I didn’t like the way Maddie treated her mom, as teenagers usually do at that age. I just felt like nothing Beth did was good enough for Maddie.
Thank you to Bolinda Audio and NetGalley for letting me listen to this ARC in exchange my for honest review. This is my first Kerry Fisher book and just learned that she has written a lot more so I’m going to have to go check out her other books. I give this book a 3.75, but since I can’t do that on Goodreads I rounded it up to 4 stars!
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