A Filha do Pescador

by Nicky Pellegrino

Pela autora do bestseller CAFFÈ AMORE, um romance de fazer crescer água na boca. O relato comovente da vida de uma mulher e da sua busca do amor. Raffaella Moretti, de longe a rapariga mais bonita de Triento, no Sul de Itália, está prestes a casar com o único rapaz que alguma vez amou e que, afortunadamente, é proveniente da família mais rica da cidade. A vida parece sorrir-lhe de tal forma que ela está longe de imaginar que passado muito pouco tempo será viúva e ganhará a vida limpando uma casa que não é a sua. À medida que Raffaella luta para reconquistar a sua felicidade perdida, apercebe-se que há todo um mundo lá fora a que, até então, era alheia. Ao desvendar histórias de engano, mistério, luxúria e amores perdidos, a jovem tenta ajudar as pessoas que a rodeiam. Há Silvana, com a sua paixão mal escondida; Carlotta, a filha do jardineiro, que carrega uma misteriosa dor; e o simpático e gentil dono do Gipsy Tearoom. Mas à medida que as suas vidas se interligam, Raffaella é atirada para o centro de um conflito que ameaça não apenas dividir Triento, mas também destruir tudo o que lhe é querido.

Genres: Romance, Italy, Fiction, Contemporary, Ebooks, Italian Literature, Chick Lit

348 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

I was born and grew up near Liverpool, England. For a while I worked as a magazine journalist in London but then 21 years ago I came on holiday to New Zealand and met my future husband Carne Bidwill at a wedding. Now we live together near a beach in Auckland with our dogs Charlie the standard poodle and Lucy the pointer. I spend my time writing novels, working as a freelance journalist, riding my two horses, growing veges in my garden, cooking, trying to get other people to cook for me, eating and reading. There isn't much time for anything else except a little light housework.
My all-time favourite book is To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee and my book of 2013 was LIfe After LIfe by Kate Atkinson.
I have a website www.nickypellegrino.com

Reviews

[Christmas Carol ꧁꧂ · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the final book I read while on holiday. I wrote reviews for the others, but have only incomplete notes for this one. Just got bored... & I left the book at my accommodation.

Set in the fictitious Italian village of Triento, (some time in the twentieth century) this is the story of the bland & beautiful Raffaella.

Pellegrino's bio says she spent her childhood summers in Italy, so it is surprising that she couldn't make her characters come alive. The only time when there seemed to be any life in this book was in the descriptions of food. The writing style is flat & amateurish.

The cover on my edition is very misleading as Raffaella is in funereal black for 95% of this novel.

[Anne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed every page of this wonderful book. Food, romance and Italy - the perfect combination to pick you up on these chilly days.

Raffaella has always lived amongst the fisherman in Little Triento but when she marries into the Russo family she moves up the hill and up in the world. Until her new husband dies and she is left a widow. The small town is filled with gossips who instantly target Rafaella and she seeks refuge as a housekeeper at the Villa Rosa. Triento is divided by plans to build a grand statue on the cliff - using the town's money that was left by a wealthy man. The American man hired to design and build the statue is staying at the Villa Rosa and Rafaella soons builds up a friendship with him that again will set tongues wagging.

The settings in the novel are wonderful, the small-town life, the magnificent characters, including the Traffic Warden, who is very funny and so well drawn. The fabulous food descriptions are so mouth watering and form the backbone of the story. The pizzas in the Gypsy Tearoom to the wonderfully elaborate meals that Rafaella cooks at the Villa Rosa - all of them will make you so hungry and desperate to visit the region.

For anyone who enjoyed Anthony Capella's The Food Of Love - then here is another that you cant fail to love. I'd recommend this for a couple of days when you need some comfort reading.

[Sharah McConville · Rating 5 out of 5]

A beautiful Italian love story.

[Pauline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good read but not as good as The Italian Wedding.

[Preet · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved how this book started off and the middle. The ending, however, left me wondering at what point did the book come off the tracks? All in all it's a very good book.

[Hilary Bishop · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read.
Based on the west coast of Italy this story shows the lives of the villagers, the divisions, the expectations, all based around one young woman from the lower village who marries a man from the upper village, and when he dies soon after the marriage his family blame her and take revenge. While this is happening the upper village wants a statue of Christ built on the mountaintop above the village and this divides the village even more.

[Plien · Rating 2 out of 5]

Een boek als de serie Emily in Paris. Vermakelijk en oppervlakkig. Wat ik wel leuk vond waren de beschrijvingen van het koken en het werken in de tuin. Het verschil tussen man en vrouw en de verschillende milieus doen gedateerd aan. Hoe het vrouwenlijf wordt beschreven is af en toe seksistisch en ongemakkelijk. Toch lees je het heel makkelijk weg en blijven bepaalde personen nog in je gedachten achter.

[Maria Quinn · Rating 2 out of 5]

While the story itself was grand, this is light reading and you expect an ending not to just tie up loose lines but to leave you either wanting more or at least have a contented feeling. Instead I just felt let down.

[Marta · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't think I have ever read a duller "novel" than this one. Apart from the cultural inaccuracies and misspelling of Italian words (more accurate research would have helped), what I found extremely irritating is the plethora of stereotypes about the Italian culture and the depiction of unlikely situation (e.g. Carlotta deciding to become a nun after she finds out that her long lost daughter is being brought up in the local convent and the nuns agreeing with her decision). A waste of time, I am glad I did not pay a penny for the book as I got it from a local book-crossing group. A pile of rubbish. I rated it one star because I could not rate it anything less than that.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Set in a small Italian village, a light story that follows the short marriage then widowhood of the beautiful Raffaela. It painted a picture of the village and its characters-some of them I wanted to slap-but the storyline itself felt slightly naive and wooden. The best part was the food descriptions-she would make a wonderful restaurant critic or food reviewer!!

[Dana Sullivan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this one up on a whim at a used book store while on vacation. This was a decent beach read. The writing itself is beautiful, but the story seemed a bit disjointed and slow going.

[April Cabello · Rating 5 out of 5]

Light, poignant. I loved how the story played out. The book makes you crave for freshly made Italian food and a glass of wine while reading it.

[Zézinha Rosado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Foi a minha estreia e fiquei agradavelmente surpreendida, o que me fez ficar com vontade de ler mais livros escritos por ela.
A história gira em torno de Raffaella, jovem filha de um pescador, que desde criança se apaixonou por um rapaz da terra, de famílias abastadas. Chega finalmente a altura em que casam e a vida que Raffaella pensou ser de sonho, rapidamente se transforma em pesadelo, com a morte precoce do jovem marido.
A partir daí, visto que é rejeitada pela família do marido, tem que se fazer à vida e arranja emprego.
Começa então a conhecer novas pessoas e novas realidades, nunca desfazendo os laços com o passado e sem esquecer a memória do falecido marido.
No meio de todo este enredo há a construção de uma estátua na vila onde vive, ideia acarinhada por uns e odiada por outros, facto que também vai fazer com que Raffaella seja apanhada na teia dos acontecimentos.
Livro recomendado a quem gosta de leitura fácil e relaxante.

[Nicole West · Rating 4 out of 5]

Raffaella is the daughter of a fisherman in the small town of Triento Southern Italy.

She marries her childhood sweetheart Marcello who is from a well to do family.

Everything goes well for the first year of their marriage until Marcello falls ill and dies.

Raffaella is now a young widow whose husbands family believes she has poisoned him.

The town decide to build a statue at the top of the mountain square but there are fights amongst the fisherman and towns priests. The priests decide to go ahead with the build and bring in an americano, so they offer Raffaella a job to look after this man by cooking and cleaning.

This story intertwines people from below a village and people above the village. Twists and turns, relationships, past hurts, support through troubled times and finding love.

[Door Moreno · Rating 3 out of 5]

Better than expected!

I expected another predictable chicklit and to be fair; it wasn’t as cliché and overly romantic as I thought it would be, which I’m really happy about.

The writer knows how to set a scene and the food descriptions that are woven into the story are great. However, the storyline itself felt all over the place for me. Nothing really happens and then all of a sudden near the end, the storyline itself felt goes way to fast. I don’t mind a slow read, but the end felt rushed and out of place. Throughout the whole book but especially at the end, the characters make weird choices without explanation and I didn’t really connect with any of them.

The book did make me curious about other works from this writer so I will read another one of hers.

[Wendy McLoughlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A heart-warming story woven through all the complexities of living in a tiny Italian town with all the complex characters who make living a little like crawling through an obstacle course each day. A fast and easy read that is a joy to pick up each time and be transported to the charms of Italy.

[Lien · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dutch: Het duurde even vooraleer ik in het verhaal gezogen werd. Het boek verschillende malen terug opnieuw weggelegd, tot ik uiteindelijk aan het midden van het boek belandde. Plots kwam er wat tempo in het verhaal...
Laatste deel (net als haar beschrijvingen van Italië) vond ik wel echt goed...

[Rathika · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gorgeously romantic love story of love,loss and the human nature.
I loved being transported to the old city in a small town in Italy. The writing so detailed it was luxurious. A little lengthy and dragged at times but overall a sweet story. For those who love Italy and food this is inspiring.

[Mare Dannenburg · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was wel een leuk en entertaining verhaal, maar niet heel bijzonder. Er gebeurde voor mijn gevoel ook echt heel veel in dit boek. Het stadje waarin het verhaal zich afspeelt is wel echt heel cute though

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gostei muito do enredo da história, das personagens e da sua evolução e resolução ao longo do livro. Não estava à espera do final para algumas das personagens, julguei que fossem ficar mais resolvidas. Como não esperava um final desses fiquei um pouco desiludida...

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seemed to take me a long time to finish this book but nevertheless it was enjoyable from start to finish.

[may tate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyable read

I really enjoy Nicky Pelligrino's books. She takes you to Italy. She's the type of writer that captures your imagination. A great holiday read.

[Vassiliadi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Μου άρεσε πολύ γτ είχε όλες τις γεύσεις κ τα αρώματα της Ιταλίας, καθώς επίσης έχουμε παρομοια νοοτροπία. Ας μην είχε καλό τέλος. Ήταν μια όμορφη ιστορία

[Sreader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quite enjoyable but story pretty slow to grab me.

[Ginny Hodges · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found this one a bit slow to get going compared to her previous books.

[Alison Hydes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book set in a coastal town in Italy.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5.

[Ingrid Booij · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ik las het boek in Italië. Heerlijk om in Italiaanse sferen te blijven.

[Delwyn Dickson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, from first page to last!!

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice