Love in Idleness
The enchanting Casa Luna, a villa near Cortona, become the scene for a family vacation that forces each traveler to discover significant differences in himself or herself, in a modern-day story of love and lies, set against the backdrop of Tuscany, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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In her delightful reimagining of A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Amanda Craig slyly serves up a witty cross-cultural farce, a modern-day tale of love and lies set against the magical landscape of Tuscany. When Theo, a workaholic lawyer, his English wife Polly, and their two children rent an idyllic Italian villa, they expect a relaxing summer holiday together. Polly, with her loved ones’ romantic interests at heart, has invited an eccentric mix of friends and family along--including three eligible bachelors, a former model, an Indian-British divorcee with a young son, and her own appalling mother-in-law. They soon discover the Casa Luna is a strange, enchanted place where people find their heart's desire—but at a price. Everyone falls in love, though not with the people they expect, and the results are surprising and hilarious.
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