This Isn't Italian Romance

Friday, 13 September, 2019 - A farmhouse just outside Cuspide, Benevento...Recently graduated, heartbroken, and desperate for La Dolce Vita, Sophie moves to the South of Italy in search of a new life. But when she meets the unhappily-married Federica and her androgynous cousin Volta, all are forced to confront questions of identity and belonging in the 'City of Ghosts' — where eyes are everywhere, and desire can be dangerous.More than a love story, This Isn't Italian Romance (c.72,000 words) is a tale of change & tradition, sexuality & denial, and self & society, set in the real Italian South.