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THE DEBUT NOVEL

A Month in Barga, Italy

by Rosalind Simpson

ROSALIND SIMPSONA Month
in Barga,
ItalyA NOVEL

Forthcoming in paperback and ebook

A month away was meant to give her time to think.

At fifty-two, Anna has spent years helping other people understand their relationships. When her own marriage breaks down, she leaves Hackney for a month with her sister Clara in the Tuscan town of Barga.

There she discovers unexpected Scottish connections, a new relationship and old letters that reveal a part of her mother's life neither sister fully understood.

With her work and friends still in London, and new possibilities in Italy, Anna must decide how to begin again without losing herself.

A novel about sisters, family secrets, love in midlife and finding room for a life of your own.

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“Some journeys take us further into our past before we can see our future.”

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LOOKING AHEAD

Next: A Month in Florence, Italy

Another novel is in development, with a new cast of characters and a different story set against the backdrop of Florence. More details will follow.

MEET THE AUTHOR

Rosalind Simpson

Rosalind Simpson is a London-based psychotherapist with over twenty-five years of experience working with individuals and couples. In A Month in Barga, Italy, she explores the complexities of intimate relationships, the bonds between sisters and the possibility of beginning again in midlife.

Her debut novel moves between Hackney, Tuscany and Glasgow, exploring how family history can shape the choices we make in the present.

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A Month in Barga, Italy explores relationships in midlife, family history, sisterhood and second chances. The book includes thirteen discussion questions. For reading-group, press or event enquiries, please get in touch below.

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