{"product_id":"book-f4na","title":"Ciao Bella!","description":"\u003cb\u003eHost of Mamamia’s \u003ci\u003eNo Filter\u003c\/i\u003e Kate Langbroek tells all in this deliciously funny and inspiring memoir about moving to Italy with her family to seek \u003ci\u003ela dolce vita. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow including new bonus content: Kate's recipe for happiness – oh, and a recipe for the perfect Ragu alla Bolognese!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A wonderful story, beautifully written, filled with heart and humour’ Liane Moriarty (reviewing \u003ci\u003eCiao Bella! \u003c\/i\u003eon\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e3pm Pick Up, KIIS 1065)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI wasn’t looking to fall in love. It just happened. There were moments, encounters as fleeting as feelings. Sometimes – tellingly – they emerged from chaos.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Kate Langbroek first dreamed of moving to Italy, she imagined a magnificent sun-drenched pastiche of long lunches and wandering through cobbled laneways clutching a loaf of crusty bread and a bottle of wine, Sophia Loren-style, while handsome men called out ‘\u003ci\u003eCiao Bella!’\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In the stark light of day the dream Kate shared with her husband Peter after an idyllic holiday in Italy seemed like madness. They didn’t speak Italian. They knew no one in Italy. They had four children. Kate also had the best job in the world on a top-rating radio show with her longtime friend, Dave Hughes.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But the siren song of Italy was irresistible. This would be the adventure of a lifetime, a precious opportunity to spend more time with their children – Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jannie – and it came from a deep longing to seize life after they almost lost Lewis to leukaemia.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCiao Bella!\u003c\/i\u003e is about having a dream and living it as Kate shares the sublime joys and utter chaos of adapting to a new life in Bologna, what you discover about yourself when you are a stranger in a strange land, and how she fell in love. With a country.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeliciously funny, insightful and often deeply moving, \u003ci\u003eCiao Bella! \u003c\/i\u003eis Kate’s love letter to Italy and her family. It is also a glorious reminder of what Italians can teach us about living life to the full – and what really matters when the world goes to hell in a handbasket.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49346863661360,"sku":"BDf4na","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/391711-f4na-Square.jpg?v=1734178554","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-f4na","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}