![]() ![]() Her ex is now dating a famous American pop star and he has asked for their six year old son Teddy to spend the summer with them. In 2001, Lettie's great niece Caroline is processing her divorce. The shadow of the looming war and their decade long feelings for each other create unforeseeable complications. And again she runs into the now unhappily married Leo. ![]() This time she has been granted a year's bursary, during she will be able to take classes at the art accadamia. A year later she returns to Venice again, despite Europe being on the cusp of war. Once again she leaves and cannot forget him or the forbidden kiss they again shared. A decade later, after her family's financial hardship has forced her to give up her place at art college and take on the position of art mistress at an all girls school, she leads a school trip to Venice where she meets Leo again, dines with him, and discovers that he is to be married to the woman who was chosen for him at her birth. She is whisked away from Venice after this but she cannot forget Leo, who, it turns out, is from a wealthy, prominent, and respected family. She meets a handsome Venetian man named Leonardo Da Rossi and sneaks out of her room to share a late night picnic with him, and a kiss too. Juliet "Lettie" Browning first goes to Venice in 1928 with her formidable Aunt Hortensia. How could it not with a premise like it had? And it was fine. So I thought that her novel, The Venice Sketchbook, this dual timeline story of uncovering secrets from a beloved deceased relative through a bequest would be enjoyable. I've read and enjoyed a couple of books from Rhys Bowen's Her Royal Spyness series. I enjoy historical fiction (although WWII storylines need to have something extra to interest me at this point) and I am fascinated by Venice and Venetian society.
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