Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Laura Bellamy grew up in the shadow of her beautiful sister Eliza, but then Robbie Collier presented her with a keepsake she would treasure forever - and Laura fell in love. Laura dreamed of the day she would escape from her life of poverty in the backstreets of New York - the day she would marry the man she loved... Until the night she found him with Eliza. What might have been the end of a dream was the beginning of a triumph for Laura Bellamy. Determined to overcome the shaterring betrayal Laura fought her way to the top in the glamorous world of advertising rising to a level of power no woman had ever before attained. But although she had wealth and power, the search for lasting love was to prove the greates challenge of all to the independant young woman with a dream and vision of the future.

A journey down the Italian peninsula, revealing the variety of lifestyles, culture, foods, arts, and local anecdotes.