{"product_id":"lost-in-the-spanish-quarter-a-novel-of-naples-9780062910233","title":"Lost in the Spanish Quarter: A Novel of Naples","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs seen in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears after leaving Naples with a broken heart, Heddi receives an email from her first love. Although she now lives in New Zealand, just the thought of the Spanish Quarter's narrow, winding streets sparks the pain of longing. Heddi had found her place in that city built on Roman ruins and set against a sleeping volcano. A place she wants to call home despite being \u003cem\u003el'americana \u003c\/em\u003eor the American. For Heddi's group of university friends, Naples is either a refuge from their familial responsibilities or an entryway to a wider world. But for all of them, Naples was their real university of life: the setting of their unrestrained youth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Heddi first met Pietro at a party hosted by her bohemian roommates, she was inexplicably drawn to the serious geology student. Despite coming from wildly different backgrounds--Heddi, a nomadic American; Pietro, an Italian farm boy--the two fell into a liberating romance. She was searching for the roots she never had, while he tried to escape his. Yet even after the two were doomed to part ways, their story isn't finished just yet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspired 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoodrich, Heddi:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eHeddi Goodrich first moved to Naples for high school. She ended up staying for ten years, graduating from the University of Naples, L'Università degli Studi di Napoli \"L'Orientale\" with a masters in languages. She now lives and works in New Zealand. \u003cem\u003eLost in the Spanish Quarter\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel. She translated the work from Italian into English, herself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51805514203410,"sku":"9780062910233","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8790aba-c7c5-471a-bc20-ed138772d0fe.jpg?v=1765973268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/lost-in-the-spanish-quarter-a-novel-of-naples-9780062910233","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}