Justine Van Der Leun

Marcus of Umbria: What an Italian Dog Taught an American Girl about Love (2010)

This book is about an American girls experience in Umbria, Italy. I really enjoyed Justine van der Leun's style of writing; a combination of description and story-telling. After reading Bella Tuscany by Frances Mayes and Cleaving by Julie Powell, this was the perfect blend of the both. I was a...