A story of self-doubt and discovery, friendship, and lost loves set in the breathtaking Italian Riviera while the protagonist, Melinda, restores a garden. Beautiful nature descriptions are contrasted by ecological challenges in the Nature Preserve of Portofino Promontory.

Auteur

Mariuccia Milla (AKA Mary Scipioni) left New York at age 25 to spend eighteen years in Italy. In addition to living in Milan, where she was immersed in the design community (architects as well as product, fashion, and graphic designers), Mariuccia lived in Viareggio (coastal Tuscany) and in the vicinty of Lago Maggiore in the Piedmont region.
She is currently practicing landscape architecture in the Finger Lakes Region of New York, as well as publishing fiction books and nonfiction essays.
Mariuccia will be returning to Italy to do more writing, and plans to travel back and forth.
And, despite the fact that it drives her crazy some times, she loves Italy.
You can also follow Mariuccia on Instagram: @mariumilla.