![]() ![]() The characters were so different that it was hard to imagine how they would mesh while sharing a house. It’s as if the blossoming of the flowers were connected to the blossoming of the women. The Enchanted April is full of beautiful descriptions, especially of the villa they are staying in and its gorgeous gardens. And who doesn’t know someone like that-who hasn’t been someone like that? These are basically four women who have lost themselves in the expectations of others and themselves. This book was written about a hundred years ago, but it is surprisingly relevant today. They gather two other women to help divert the costs, making them four strangers who are each in search of peace and quiet, and maybe something more. Seeing an ad in the paper that offers up a villa in Italy for rent, they decide to go. Set in San Salvatore, Italy for most of the book, it begins with two English women who have had enough of the cold, local weather, and their cold, local husbands. What better book to read in April than The Enchanted April? While it’s warm here in Las Vegas, many of you might still be shaking off the last vestiges of winter, so this book will be a welcome relief from the dreariness before spring springs. What book am I reading this week? The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. ![]()
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