Dating da Vinci, by Malena Lott
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Publication Date: November 1, 2008
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Ok. Play along with me now. Look at this cover, and now listen to what I have to say.
No one was more surprised than me by the depth and consideration of this thoughtful novel about love, loss and rediscovering life after going through very difficult times.
Ramona Elise Griffen is the widowed 36-year-old mother of two young boys who has been grieving the death of her husband, Joel, for the last two years. While working part-time teaching English to newly arrived immigrants, Ramona meets the beautiful Leonardo, who has come to the US to study at the nearby university, and then she surprises herself and offers to rent him her husband’s studio that sits in just steps away in her backyard, untouched since the day he died. With the help of the young Italian, Ramona’s love of life slowly returns and propels her out of grief and back into life.
I really enjoyed this book. I loved the warm and wonderful characters, and funny interactions lend humor and levity to the thoughtful conversations that Ramona has about faith, love and what happens when the love of your life dies. Ramona decides to finish dissertation for her doctorate, and as a linguist she researches love in all it stages and forms and deals with her own issues of marital trust, fidelity and the meaning of soulmates as she grapples to accept another love into her life, and accept that Joel may have had more than one love in his. I was thoroughly engaged throughout this book as Lott charmingly presents a balance of light-hearted fare tempered with ruminations of heavy issues. Truly a delightful read.
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Thanks for the review, Nicole. This one is in my TBR pile and I was expecting chick lit.
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about the book YAH! I heard so many good things about it! I have it in my TBR!
Kathy ~ It has a levity to it, but it’s not pervasive. She thought a lot about serious stuff in between the fluffy good times. I’m interviewing the author when I can get myself together with the questions.
Veens~ I did change it! Seriously it’s a compulsion. An extension of the way I rearrange my furniture. The book was really good for me. Can’t wait to see what you thought.
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Thanks for the tip about the book. The cover would make me expect a fluff read.
Amber ~ It definitely has some fluffy aspects, but there is a lot there to balance it out.