{"product_id":"book-cdeh","title":"The Italian Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Italian Party\u003c\/i\u003e by Christina Lynch is a delicious and sharply funny audiobook about “innocent” Americans abroad in 1950s Siena.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNewly married, Scottie and Michael are seduced by Tuscany's famous beauty. But the secrets they are keeping from each other force them beneath the splendid surface to a more complex view of ltaly, America and each other. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Scottie’s Italian teacher—a teenager with secrets of his own—disappears, her search for him leads her to discover other, darker truths about herself, her husband and her country. Michael’s dedication to saving the world from communism crumbles as he begins to see that he is a pawn in a much different game. Driven apart by lies, Michael and Scottie must find their way through a maze of history, memory, hate and love to a new kind of complicated truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHalf glamorous fun, half an examination of America's role in the world, and filled with sun-dappled pasta lunches, prosecco, charming spies and horse racing, \u003ci\u003eThe Italian Party\u003c\/i\u003e is a smart pleasure to listen to.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Italian Party:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Tremendous fun! Wives with big secrets, husbands with bigger ones, swirling around a 1950s Siena teeming with seduction and spycraft.\" —Chris Pavone, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Travelers \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Expats\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The story plays like a confectionary Hollywood romance with some deeper notes reminiscent of John le Carré and Henry James. Scottie is a resilient main character who might have been played by Grace Kelly or Audrey Hepburn in a 1950s movie adaptation of this entertainingly subversive take on that seemingly innocent period.\" - \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Set in Siena in 1956, this debut novel is a spy thriller, comedy of manners, and valentine to Italy, spiked with forbidden sex and political skulduggery [...] The ending is unexpected, with the author displaying a sophisticated, nuanced view of love and marriage that feels very modern. Or maybe it's just Italian.” — \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49380454465840,"sku":"BDcdeh","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/241138-cdeh-Square.jpg?v=1734998819","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cdeh","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}