Only the important things - the ones that really matter. We won't teach you any exhaustive grammar or useless vocabulary. That's exactly why we've written this book - because we want to help you learn to speak Italian quickly and easily, so you can enjoy speaking this beautiful language without months of exhausting lessons.Įven if you've never before spoken a word of Italian, we'll show you how to learn enough to hold a decent conversation in a surprisingly short amount of time. Learning a new language, as we all know, can be an extremely daunting task and seem impossible to accomplish. This book will show you how to speak basic Italian, right here and right now! If you're thinking of travelling to Italy, want to gain a basic understanding of the language or simply have an interest in Europe's finest culture, then you're in the right place. This is Chick Lit at its finest.Speaking Basic Italian in 5 Days Is Possible! This is one of those books you want to take to the beach, sit under your large umbrella and enjoy a good read. Harmel seemed to have captured the sights and sounds of Italy. But the main theme of the story is of Cat finding herself and learning more about her mother.

Making peace with her past and her self- discovery you will see a touch of romance. The last time Cat had been in Rome was thirteen years earlier as an exchange student and now she is re-discovering the sights sounds and smells of Italy while all along dodging the hot blooded Italian Gigolo’s.

Can she get up the courage to spend the rest of the month in Rome or turn tail and hard back to her dull life in Manhattan? She doesn’t know any of them and she hasn’t spoken to any of them since her mother’s death two years earlier. She knows her mother has family in Italy.

She decides to go for it only the reunion with the dashing debonair Francesco did not turn out as expected and now she finds herself alone in Rome. Is she boring? Has she spent too much time living by the rules, being safe? An old flame invites her to spend a month in Rome, Italy.

When her younger sisters get married she begins questioning her life. She lives her life by the rules safe and simple. Reviewed by Anne Boling for Readers' Favoriteģ4 year old Cat Connelly is a single accountant living in Manhattan.

Italian for Beginners by Kristin Harmel