Love & Gelato book
Lina is spending the summer with her dad in Tuscany, but she's not happy about it. Her mother recently passed away, and although Lina's grandmother tells her that she should go, Lina is angry at her father for leaving them. But then she meets Ren, the boy who works at the gelato place her father owns, and finds a mysterious journal left by her mother. The journal reveals that Lina's mother was once an exchange student in Italy and met a boy named Lorenzo while there. She tells Lina to find out more about him. And with Ren's help, what follows is an unforgettable summer adventure through rolling hills, sunflowers and Tuscan villas filled with romance and mystery. This book is a refreshingly honest portrayal of grief and how it can affect families both girls face similar challenges after losing their mothers but each develops a different coping mechanism based on their own personalities