'This is a life-affirming read - take it on holiday, but leave the rest of the party at home' The Times

'An intelligent and satisfying romantic comedy' Women and Home

At the Casa Luna, friends and relations of the Noble family gather for fortnight's holiday in the enchanted Italian hills.

Daniel, an American academic, is under pressure to marry Ellen, a witty and successful shoe designer.
Hermani, doctor and single mother, is intrigued by Ivo - trickster, charmer, critic - the man Ellen most loathes in the world.

Polly, meanwhile, hopes her domineering mother-in-law will help transform her feral children and give her some much-needed time alone with her workaholic husband.

But the Casa Luna is a place where strange things happen, and anyone who lives there risks unexpected joys and sorrows...

* Full-colour national press advertising campaign. * Consumer competition to win a week's holiday at a villa in Tuscany - all copies stickered with details and competition highlighted in the advertising. * Ongoing author PR activity to include media interviews and appearances at literary festivals. * Submitted for trade promotions. * Reading copies available.

About the Author
Amanda Craig is a British novelist, short-story writer and critic. After a brief time in advertising and PR, she became a journalist for newspapers such as the Sunday Times, Observer, Daily Telegraph and Independent, winning both the Young Journalist of the Year and the Catherine Pakenham Award. She was the children's critic for the Independent on Sunday and The Times. She still reviews children's books for the New Statesman, and literary fiction for the Observer, but is mostly a full-time novelist. Her novel Hearts and Minds was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction and The Lie of the Land was chosen as book of the year by the Guardian, Observer, Telegraph, New Statesman, Evening Standard, Sunday Times and Irish Times.

Reviews
The novel works brilliantly as a sharp and funny analysis of modern mores, a magical story of transformation * Independent on Sunday *
The novel works brilliantly as a sharp and funny analysis of modern mores, a magical story of transformation * Independent on Sunday *
Made me laugh out loud. I was completely captivated...and I could feel the Tuscan sunlight on my face throughout * Joanne Harris *
Made me laugh out loud. I was completely captivated...and I could feel the Tuscan sunlight on my face throughout * Joanne Harris *
Really charming and inspired * Alison Lurie *
Really charming and inspired * Alison Lurie *
This is a life-affirming read - take it on holiday, but leave the rest of the party at home * Bel Mooney, THE TIMES *
[the] romantic complications, comic set pieces and heart-warming conclusion make this the most accomplished reinvention of Shakespeare's Dream since Peter Brook's influential RSC production in 1970 * Michael Arditti, DAILY MAIL *
The novel works brilliantly as a sharp and funny analysis of modern mores, a magical story of transformation - and only after that a clever literary joke * Suzi Feay, INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
An intelligent and satisfying romantic comedy. * WOMAN AND HOME *



Book Information
ISBN 9780349115856
Author Amanda Craig
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Abacus
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 246g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 126mm * 22mm