The Art of Falling

by Deborah Lawrenson

Book Overview

In 1944 Tom Wainwright, a British soldier, arrives in the small Italian town of Petriano. The war is nearly over, and in the lull before the Allied troops move further north to capture Florence Tom forges a friendship with the Parini family - and in particular with the eldest daughter, Giuliana. When the war ends he chooses to stay in Italy, planning to build a life with the woman with whom he has fallen deeply in love, but in the chaotic, tragic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0099481898
• ISBN13: 9780099481898
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Arrow
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Surprise feast

I wouldn't normally have read The Art of Falling, seems a dreary book like the captain's mandolin thing that became the world's most boring film. BUT my girlfriend kept on about it. So, after she cooked me a particularly lovely Saturday lunch the other week, just to humour her, I planned to postpone the football for an few mins then I could say I'd at least made the effort. Well, the Art of Falling started with a bit of well-written arriving in Italy stuff - OK so far - and I thought I'd just give it a couple more pages...until I had to keep reading to find out what happened as Isabel searched for her father. I found myself thinking "OK, yeah, what would I do with that bit of info?... He/she seemed a helpful old guy/girl but maybe covering for something ..." Just to humour my girl, I read half the book. I don't have much time for reading since the office knackers me during the week - so the following Saturday it turned out I missed the football again. Then, guess what, she wanted to talk about it afterwards. Anton Hicks