Published by BOOKOUTURE ON 5th NOVEMBER 2024
I just love a book set in Italy and this one did not disappoint in fact it has gone right up in my top five for the year! I love the settings with the descriptions and the characters that you can relate to their feelings and it was very well written. After reading this author’s bio on Amazon I realised that she has written other books about Italy so will be looking out for them. I can see where she gets her ideas from as Anita travelled and studied in Italy so this book resembles her journey, what a wonderful life she has led.
This story is over a few generations, some events are linked which makes this also a family saga, which I also feel would make a great film for TV. You definitely need to read this book so get it on your Christmas list.
Anita Chapman’s debut novel, THE VENICE SECRET was published in March 2023 and spent six weeks in the overall Amazon UK Kindle Top 100, reaching number thirty-eight. THE VENICE SECRET has had six million Kindle Unlimited pages read and received more than 5000 Amazon reviews since publication. Anita’s second novel, THE FLORENCE LETTER was published by the digital-first division of Hachette, Bookouture in June 2024 as ebook, paperback and audiobook. THE TUSCAN DIARY will be published by Bookouture on 25 October 2024 and is available for preorder as an ebook now (paperback and audiobook to follow). Anita has recently signed a deal with the same publisher for two more books in the same genre, to be published summer of 2025 and spring of 2026.
Anita enjoyed writing stories from a young age and won a local writing competition when she was nine years old. Encouraged by this, she typed up a series of stories about a mouse on her mum’s typewriter and sent them to Ladybird. She received a polite rejection letter, her first.
Many of Anita’s summers growing up were spent with her family driving to Italy, and she went on to study French and Italian at university. As part of her degree, Anita lived in Siena for several months where she studied and au paired, and she spent a lot of time travelling around Italy in her twenties.
Anita likes to read journals and diaries from the past, and one of her favourite pastimes is visiting art galleries and country houses. Her first published novel, The Venice Secret is inspired by her mother taking her to see the Canalettos at The National Gallery in London as a child.
Since 2015, Anita has worked as a social media manager, training authors on social media, and helping to promote their books. She’s run several courses in London and York and has worked as a tutor at Richmond and Hillcroft Adult Community College.
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