num_pages: 380
description: A group of strangers meets at Ragazzi an Italian restaurant for a cooking lesson that will change them all. They quickly become intertwined in each other's lives and a bit of magic touches each of them.Meet Dave the consultant who lost his partner; Matteo and Diego the couple who run the restaurant; recently-widowed Carmelina; Marcos a web designer getting too old for hook-ups; Ben a trans author writing the Great American Novel; teenager Marissa kicked out for being bi; and Sam and Brad a May-September couple who would never have gotten together without a little magic of their own.Everyone in the River City has a secret and sooner or later secrets always come out.This is a special dual language edition perfect for students learning Italian or English. Each chapter appears in English and then in Italian and the front and back matter are also presented in both languages.
language: English
title: The River City Chronicles
publisher: Other Worlds Ink