Straight Uphill - Wells, Jess
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After tragedy strikes, brokenhearted Gretchen takes a holiday in a hilltop Italian village to seek peace and solitude. Through chance, she meets Bettina, an elderly woman estranged from her legacy as a chocolatier. Gretchen soon finds herself wrapped in the aromas of chocolate and caramel and butter and wine, as villagers past and present, question all aspects of love that send her on a journey of self-discovery and healing. But will Gretchen truly be able to leave the past behind and open her heart again to life and love, or will she be conent to drown her sorrows in chocolate?

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After tragedy strikes, brokenhearted Gretchen takes a holiday in a hilltop Italian village to seek peace and solitude. Through chance, she meets Bettina, an elderly woman estranged from her legacy as a chocolatier. Gretchen soon finds herself wrapped in the aromas of chocolate and caramel and butter and wine, as villagers past and present, question all aspects of love that send her on a journey of self-discovery and healing. But will Gretchen truly be able to leave the past behind and open her heart again to life and love, or will she be conent to drown her sorrows in chocolate?
Autorenporträt
JESS WELLS LOVES MAGICAL REALISM because it "celebrates the delightful oddities of life." The author of six novels and five books of short stories, Wells is a winner of a Foreword Indies Book Award, a four-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award, a recipient of a San Francisco Arts Commission Grant for Literature, and a member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival Hall of Fame. Her work has been republished in Britain and translated into Dutch and Italian. Follow her on social media and at www.jesswells.com where she blogs regularly on un-sung women and the writing life.Please follow her on:FacebookInstagramGoodreadsBookBub