One Italian Summer by Keris Stainton
It’s been a year since Milly, Elyse and Leonie’s dad died, and a year since their last trip to Rome. Summer’s here again, and once again they are heading with their mum to Italy – but what’s it going to be like going without Dad? Rome still holds its familiar charms but nothing is quite as it once was …
With grief still raw for all of them, Milly is facing the additional awfulness of having to see Luke again, who she had a fling with last year, and who she made a total fool of herself with – or so she thinks. What’s going to happen this time? What’s more, things between Milly, her sisters and their mum are rocky – Leonie is being tempestuous and unpredictable, Elyse is caught up with her new boyfriend, and Milly feels like she just doesn’t know how she fits in any more.
Trigger & Content Warnings:
- Alcohol abuse
- Emesis
- Grief & loss depiction
- Death of a father from a heart attack recounted