Lisa Fortino

The author gives a breath taking view of Italy and the life that she lives while visting the country of her ancestors, Fortino gives a beautiful account of the many areas that she passes through along with descriptions of the culture that exits today amongst Italian Americans, and the culture of the older Italians by comparisons namely through the eyes of her mother and grandmother and deceased father. Fortino has been in radio broadcast and shares a passion of all things Italian, while still keeping her persepective as a mature single woman who has led a fufulling life, until a certain man enters her life, there Fortino leaves the reader wondering if maybe there is a sequel to Amalfi Blue and all the splendor that Fortino translates into the pages of her story.… (meer)