Travel memoirs are my favorites reads, so Dianne Hale's LA BELLA LINGUA (www.becomingitalian.com) is personal enough to fit the bill with flying colors (of the Italian flag of course). I can't help but admire a woman that has dedicated so much time, so many years, learning the most beautiful language in the world. Miserably so, my own attempts learning Italian have failed; I simply "get by". This book inspires me to embraced a renewed challenge with this declaration: Some day I will speak Italian beyond noun to noun and verb to verb! Some day I will conquer real sentences!
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Grazie, Darlene, for the kind words. Isn't it wonderful that Italy can fuel so many different passions? We lived in Austin many years ago, and I remember still the blue hills of Springtime.
I am in Italy right now and will be writing about my adventures on my blog (www.becomingitalianwordbyword.typepad.com) later this month. Do come by and visit, and I will do the same.
A presto!
Dianne Hales
www.becomingitalian.com
www.becomingitalianwordbyword.typepad.com
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