A Rosie Life In Italy 3

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

By: Rosie Meleady

Narrated by: Madeleine Brolly

With a new roof and working electrics in place on her villa in Italy, Rosie is ready for the next phase of turning the 22-roomed derelict Italian villa into a home. It needs to be ready in time for her elderly Irish parents to move in and her daughter to finally visit after being separated for so long. However, with renovation disasters, endless negotiations with the Shouty Woman at the bank, and the several shades of suffocating mold in every room, it seems like the house will never be a home for Rosie and her family, let alone her octogenarian parents from Ireland.

The overenthusiastic tradesmen who put water in the electrics and leave unexpected bills in the letterbox strengthen the thought that perhaps it would be easier to leave the "villa in Italy" dream behind and just pack up and move back to Ireland.

Funny women's memoir book.

©2022 Rosemarie Meleady (P)2023 Rosemarie Meleady

I’m addicted!

I picked out A Rosie Life in Italy prior to my first trip to Italy. As things tend to go when you’re preparing both home for your absence and yourself for travel, reading the book at that time fell off. I started the book a few months later and now I can’t stop until I finish the series. I love Meleady’s witty storytelling and have fallen in love with the entire family and friend group in her series.

Slice of life continuum with color!

I’m enjoying the series! As an Italian American who travels frequently to italy, I relate to her characters and locale. As a middle generation “child” caring for parents and kids, I empathize with her situation. And as one who enjoys storytelling I am enthralled with her ability to weave a tale with laughter, sorrow, and compassion.

Worth reading!

Rosie writes in a way that makes you feel as if you’re a part of her life. She finds humor in the worst situations and leaves a smile on your face. I feel like I’ve known her forever!

A great laugh and cry

loved this 3rd book in the series which made me laugh and cry in equsl parts.

Rosie is Full of Life

All of Rosie’s books are enjoyable. She sure is having a hard time in Italy.