When Annie Hawes buys a hillside cottage in Italy for no more than the price of a dodgy second-hand car, a capable young Englishwoman becomes a surprisingly incapable Ligurian 'Signorina' . . .
Awards
Shortlisted for WHSmith Book Awards (Travel Writing) 2002.
Author description
Annie Hawes, originally from Shepherd's Bush, has lived in Liguria now for fifteen years.