Out of a Season
Vacationing seaside with her parents in Rimini, Italy, young Nicole Steiner falls in love with the charming Italian nobleman, Dario Ventura. Soon after, Ventura frequently visits with the Steiners, now home in Turin. Though he returns her affection, Nicole begins to suspect that he has become her mother’s lover. The relationship is complicated by the strong tie between mother and daughter, and Nicole’s rejection of her stern father. Woven through the tale is the rich atmosphere of pre-war Italy.
Gabriella Mautner
Born in Germany, Gabriella Mautner, who is fluent in five languages, studied in many European countries. She now resides in the United States. After publishing two additional works, Out of a Season and The Good Place, she recently completed a new novel, Addio Positano.
She is a professor of writing at the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco. In 2008 she received a Milley Award in the Literary Arts. Please visit her at her website www.gabriellamautner.com.
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