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Dating da Vinci
Author(s): Malena Lott (Author)
- Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
- Publication Date: January 1, 2008
- Language: English
- Print length: 275 pages
- ISBN-10: 140221393X
- ISBN-13: 9781402213939
Book Description
Against her better judgment, Ramona Elise, a thirty-six-year-old widow, English teacher, and mother of two, finds herself falling for one of her students, a gorgeous, twenty-five-year-old Italian immigrant named Leonardo da Vinci, who helps her find new joy, life, and love as she struggles to cope with her grief over the death of her beloved husband. Original.
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
English teacher Ramona Elise, 36, has stopped fully living her life ever since her husband Joel died from a sudden heart attack two years ago. Despite pleas from her family and friends to get rid of Joel’s belongings and try dating again, Ramona can’t imagine erasing her late husband’s presence from her home. Until one day, Leonardo da Vinci, an attractive young Italian immigrant, lands in her classroom, lonely and unable to speak the language. Taking him under her wing, Ramona gives da Vinci a place to stay and, in return, he brings her back to life. Goofy, humble, and gratifyingly real, Ramona treads the fine line between lust and love, passion and reality, while still managing to dodge many of life’s roadblocks. Finding herself on a new path wildly different than the one she envisioned with Joel, Ramona Elise (or Mona Lisa, as da Vinci calls her) learns to open her heart to new possibilities in order to find la dolce vita in Lott’s delightfully life-affirming romance. --Annie McCormick
About the Author
Malena Lott lives in Oklahoma with her husband and three children. After a bustling advertising career, Malena transitioned to brand consulting and writing novels, which she could do from home, in her PJs, chase around her toddler, and join the daily minivan parade at the elementary school.
