Love & gelato book5/12/2023 Lina goes to live with Howard, who she believes is her father. One of my favorite aspects of this book is how Welch explores the theme of searching for family. With her new friend and the diary, Lina gets to see Italy through her mother’s eyes and gains a new understanding of her mother. She is also given her mother’s old diary, which tells the story of Hadley’s adventure in Italy and sends Lina on a hunt for her true family. While in Florence, Lina meets Lorenzo, and a friendship quickly blossoms between them. Her mother’s last wish was for Lina to spend time in Florence, Italy with an old college friend and supposed father, Howard. Love and Gelato follows Lina’s story after losing her mother, Hadley, to cancer. Her strength, humor, and sincere attitude illustrated a character I would want to emulate. I enjoyed watching Lina, the protagonist, adventure to Italy, fall in love, and persevere through the ups and downs after great personal loss. However, I recently decided to reread the book, and to my surprise, I abandoned my past judgment and fell in love with the story and the characters. I thought the main character was unrelatable and the story was boring. When I first read Love and Gelato by Jenna Welch in my preteens, I didn’t like it.
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