February 18, 2018

A Travel Book Club

February 18, 2018/ Michelle Damiani

What we've been reading for Travel Book Club, and how to join!

October 17, 2016

Movies set in Italy

October 17, 2016/ Michelle Damiani

Looking for a movie set in Italy? Look no further...

November 07, 2015

Top 5 Books to Understand Italy

November 07, 2015/ Michelle Damiani

Top 5 Books that offer a window into Italian culture, history, and spirit.

October 18, 2015

Top 5 Books of Ever

October 18, 2015/ Michelle Damiani

These are the books that lingered—forever books.

October 18, 2015

Top 5 Books about Food and/or Cooking

October 18, 2015/ Michelle Damiani

My favorite books about cooking, food, and cooking with food.

Michelle Damiani

Website for Michelle Damiani, author of Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center, the funny and heartfelt memoir of an American family living in Spello, as well as Santa Lucia, a page-turner set on the Umbria border.

The Road Taken: How to Dream, Plan, and Live Your Family Adventure Abroad

Written as a response to readers’ inquiries on how to discover their own family adventure, with 36 contributors telling stories of making sand angels in Egypt and bucket bathing in India and discovering a storybook farm in Bavaria, and more! Loaded with inspiration and practicality, this book will set your feet on the path to your dream, and show you how to make it happen. Because you owe it to yourself and your family to consider discovering the world together.

Santa Lucia

By Michelle Damiani

The sweeping tale of a town on the brink of change and the villagers that call it home. Read the novel inspired by our year in Spello. Soften the sadness of finishing this expansive romance/suspense novel with a bit of dolci. Get Chiara’s famous pistachio-yogurt cake recipe by clicking the button below! You’ll also get news when the next book in the series launches, so you can be the first to know what happened the next morning in Chiara’s bar.

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Il Bel Centro: A Year in the Beautiful Center

By Michelle Damiani

A year in Umbria transforms an American family. Read how it all began. Did you finish IBC and want to know what happened next? Get the FREE Epilogue by clicking the button below!

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Every time I see this fresco my 16-year-old made this summer when she attended language school plus art lessons in Arezzo, I’m stunned all over again.

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Back to Nogales, just in time for dramatic monsoons.

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The nice thing about being obsessed with the GBBS is that when you and your daughter decide to focus on baking a Savarin instead of actual dinner, you can treat neighbors to leftovers.

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Book lovers, here's your spot. Pull up a cozy chair, a glass of vin santo, and peruse these books. I hope you'll stumble upon a new favorite, I hope you'll share your own favorites!

I'm starting small, but have lists almost ready to go of favorite expat memoirs, favorite travel memoirs, favorite Italian cookbooks, and more. So check back often, or even better, sign up for my newsletter (on the right), and I'll let you know when there is new content here.