title: River Villa
author: Zerick, Lura
description: Giangi Goodman, the Italian widow of an American soldier, learns that her mama in Italy has died. She and her twenty-year-old daughter Luciana fly to Italy for the funeral. After the service, shocking facts are revealed that change their lives. They decide to live in Italy instead of returning to the US, where they have no one. This decision touches many lives as love finds a way to change the lonely years into an exciting future that no one could have imagined.