A Rosie Life In Italy 4 Book Blurb

Nov 11, 2022 | Book Updates

Having three generations of her family living under the same roof was once part of the Italian dream for Rosie. But when her party-loving, whiskey-drinking, poker-playing 85-year-old mother moves over from Ireland to Italy, Rosie’s longed for dolce vita in Umbria is anything but sweet.

With a preference for bland boiled potatoes to her daughter’s Italian cooking and an aversion towards housework, Rosie’s mother’s requirements to feel at home in the Sighing House–including a smelly deep fat-frier, lots of clutter, parties and a new pup–are very different to Rosie’s vision. 

However, the most urgent thing on Rosie’s to-do list is not dealing with the needs of her artist mother, nor the ongoing renovation ‘what now?’ moments—such as electric wires in the chimney. Rosie has the more pressing issue of a backlog of twenty summer weddings to be planned now that Covid restrictions are lifted. But with vendors going bust, and demands of couples going extreme, Rosie needs to find a way to get through the hottest Italian summer on record without burning out or having a gelato-mountain sized melt down.

Includes 10 delicious and simple recipes including Strangled Priest and White Walnut Pasta.

“I love the Rosie series!… entertaining and funny!” – Jenny Marrs, Host of HGTV’s Fixer to Fabulous

‘Under The Tuscan Sun’ meets ‘Escape To The Chateau’ with a dash of ‘Eat Pray Love’ in this hilarious Italian villa renovation memoir.  

Now Available in Your Bookshop

Nov 9, 2022 | Book Updates

I’ve been quiet as I have had a lot going on during the summer and autumn, which you will read ALL about in A Rosie Life In Italy 4! I have been writing like crazy and I’m happy to tell you that Book 4 will be out in the next few weeks!

And I am VERY EXCITED to tell you that books 1-3 in The Rosie Life series are now available for book shops and libraries to order internationally!

So the next time you are in your library ask them for my books and they will order them for you! Also if you want to give the books as Christmas gifts you can now ask your local book shop to order them for you. They are already available through Walmart and Barns and Noble which makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. If I ever see my books in an airport shop you will find me on the floor weeping a puddle with joy!