Debbie Harpham
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Christina Lynch is the author of The Italian Party (St. Martin’s, 2018) and the forthcoming Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure (St. Martin’s, 2023). Her picaresque journey includes chapters in Chicago and at Harvard, where she was an editor on the Harvard Lampoon. She was the Milan correspondent for W magazine and Women’s Wear Daily, and disappeared for four years in Tuscany. In L.A. she was on the writing staff of Unhappily Ever After; Encore, Encore; The Dead Zone and Wildfire. She now lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. She is also the co-author of two novels under the pen name Magnus Flyte. She teaches at a community college in central California.
ABOUT SALLY BRADY’S ITALIAN ADVENTURE:
What if you found yourself in the middle of a war armed only with lipstick and a sense of humor? Abandoned as a child in Los Angeles in 1931, dust bowl refugee Sally Brady convinces a Hollywood movie star to adopt her, and grows up to be an effervescent gossip columnist secretly satirizing Europe’s upper crust. By 1940 saucy Sally is conquering Fascist-era Rome with cheek and charm.
A good deed leaves Sally stranded in wartime Italy, brandishing a biting wit, a fake passport, and an elastic sense of right and wrong. To save her friends and find her way home through a land of besieged castles and villas, Sally must combat tragedy with comedy, tie up pompous bureaucrats in their own red tape, force the cruel to be kind, and unravel the mystery, weight, and meaning of family.
Heir to Odysseus’s wiles and Candide’s optimism, Sally Brady is a heroine for the 21st century.
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PRAISE AND RECOGNITION FOR SALLY BRADY’S ITALIAN ADVENTURE:
“A gorgeously entertaining story about a spirited woman during wartime that manages to be a clever caper at times but taut and profound at others, while always richly evocative of the charms and contradictions of Italy. Brava!”—Chris Pavone, New York Times #1 bestselling author of The Expats and Two Nights in Lisbon
“As a novelist, Christina Lynch has real moxie and pluck. Her Italian Adventure is packed with gusto, wit, and a compelling pace that starts at a full trot and only picks up speed.”—Conan O’Brien
“Equally funny and heartbreaking, Christina Lynch’s impeccably researched historical novel opens with popping corks and gossipy fun, and develops into a harrowing portrait of a dark political era that holds a mirror up to our own. Populated with unforgettable characters and wise-cracking dialogue, entertaining to the very last page, and as full of joy, pathos, and beauty as Italy itself, SALLY BRADY is a multi-tonal masterpiece.”—Andromeda Romano-Lax, author of The Spanish Bow, Annie and the Wolves
“Sally Brady is my kind of heroine. She loves good wine and knows her olive oils. She can’t resist the smell of fresh-baked bread or a plate of cacio e pepe. It was a pleasure to see Italy and my paesani through her keen eyes. Brava, Sally!!”—Cesare Casella, Italian chef and author of Diary of a Tuscan Chef, True Tuscan, and the James Beard Award-nominated The Fundamental Techniques of Classic Italian Cuisine.
Glamor, romance, humor and peril combine to make the zippy Sally Brady’s Italian Adventure a novel that will tickle you pink. Go pink! —Diane Leslie – Diesel Bookstore
Sally Brady is a sassy, funny, adventurous American waif turned high-society gossip columnist who finds herself in the best of places—Italy—at the worst possible time, under Mussolini’s fascist boot. Christina Lynch takes us on a brilliant journey to where Bridgerton meets Italo Calvino, as Sally comes to terms with her fast-changing fortunes—and, ultimately, herself.—Peter Gumbel, award-winning author of Citizens of Everywhere
AUTHOR VISITS:
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