As seen in the New York Times Book Review.
Inspired by her own 10-year search for belonging in Naples, author Heddi Goodrich gives readers a passionate tale of a life caught between two worlds and a heartfelt ode to first love-of a place, of a person- where languages and cultures collide while dreams soar and crash in unexpected ways..
Yet even after the two were doomed to part ways, their story isn\'t finished just yet.
She was searching for the roots she never had, while he tried to escape his.
Despite coming from wildly different backgrounds-Heddi, a nomadic American
Pietro, an Italian farm boy-the two fell into a liberating romance.
When Heddi first met Pietro at a party hosted by her bohemian roommates, she was inexplicably drawn to the serious geology student.
But for all of them, Naples was their real university of life: the setting of their unrestrained youth.
For Heddi\'s group of university friends, Naples is either a refuge from their familial responsibilities or an entryway to a wider world.
A place she wants to call home despite being l\'americana or the American.
Heddi had found her place in that city built on Roman ruins and set against a sleeping volcano.
Although she now lives in New Zealand, just the thought of the Spanish Quarter\'s narrow, winding streets sparks the pain of longing.
Years after leaving Naples with a broken heart, Heddi receives an email from her first love.
Set in the passionate, intense, and crumbling neighborhood known as the Spanish Quarter of Naples, comes a tale of two students searching for love and belonging in the city they so desperately want to call home.
As seen in the New York Times Book Review
