Nel Everett a young American woman is touring Italy with her famous musician husband when in a moment of fury she pulls down her luggage and gets off the train As her life speeds away down the tracks Nel is marooned and on her own for the first time in eight yearsBewildered Nel returns to Venice where she encounters a tiny dog who leads her to a enigmatic stranger a contessa and a decaying Gothic palazzo She is soon drawn into a world of charismatic characters centuries of Venetian history and the mystery of a lost masterpiece What begins as a tale of loneliness and heartbreak opens into a dazzling enchanting story of secrets and self-discovery in a magical cityFrom the Trade Paperback edition
