Sally Brady's Italian Adventure

A Novel

By: Christina Lynch

Narrated by: Elise Roth

What if you found yourself in the middle of a war armed only with lipstick and a sense of humor? Abandoned as a child in Los Angeles in 1931, dust bowl refugee Sally Brady convinces a Hollywood movie star to adopt her, and grows up to be an effervescent gossip columnist secretly satirizing Europe’s upper crust. By 1940 saucy Sally is conquering Fascist-era Rome with cheek and charm.

A good deed leaves Sally stranded in wartime Italy, brandishing a biting wit, a fake passport, and an elastic sense of right and wrong. To save her friends and find her way home through a land of besieged castles and villas, Sally must combat tragedy with comedy, tie up pompous bureaucrats in their own red tape, force the cruel to be kind, and unravel the mystery, weight, and meaning of family.

Heir to Odysseus’s wiles and Candide’s optimism, Sally Brady is a heroine for the 21st century.

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2023 Christina Lynch (P)2023 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"Elise Roth makes the transitions smoothly as this novel moves between Sally Brady's life in Depression-era America and the lives of a group of Italians before and during WWII." - AudioFile

“Richly evocative of the charms and contradictions of Italy. Brava!”—Chris Pavone, New York Times bestselling author

Fun!

This story was a fun adventure and easy to enjoy! The narrator grew on me.

Loved it!

What an adventure Sally had! She’s clever and witty and I loved the way Christina Lynch merged plots and characters at the end.

Funny, entertaining, a great summer read!

I burned through this book in one weekend! It is funny and quite entertaining! It reminded me of Lessons in Chemistry in the sense of it having a far fetched storyline that pulls you in and makes you laugh and root for them.