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My Modena, by Andrea Susan Valentine Gelfuso Goetz (aka Andrea Gelfuso), is a hilarious memoir of the year she and her family spent in Modena Italy. Modena, an Italian city that frustrated her every attempt to do the simplest things. Buying a stamp shouldn't be this complicated. Living in an apartment that was like camping, with tile and nowhere to sit. Modena is a town full of ancient churches and beautiful Italians. Here you will meet her friend Melanie, a fashionista who can make ATM's bend to her will from across the country. You will also meet her landlady Giovanna and her husband Raimondo who watched as six firefighters tried to get Andrea and her family back into their 7th floor apartment, using a ladder truck. You'll also meet Piero the artist, Luca who sold boots, and let us not forget Danilo, Fabio (of the soon to be famous Fabio's balcony), and Marcello, heart-stoppingly gorgeous Italians all. There's also a mime who knew much more than he was saying. Come along with Andrea on a year long journey of hilarity, frustration, and exhilaration in Italy. In Modena. In only the way Andrea can tell it. Come with her to My Modena.

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My Modena is a scrumptious literary tiramisu, layered with history, art, food, fashion, culture (and culture shock), all topped with generous dollops of hilarity. - Dianne Hales, New York Times bestselling author of La Bella Lingua, Mona Lisa and La Passione I loved this book! - Susan Pohlman, author of Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought our Family Home and A Time to Seek: Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality at Midlife My Modena is an utterly hilarious memoir of expat life in Modena, Italy. - Christina Lynch, New York Times bestselling author of The Italian Party Andrea Gelfuso captures humorist Erma Bombeck's spirit of self-deprecation through a romp of a memoir that offers a window into her own soul. - Teri Rizvi, founder and director, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

My Modena is a scrumptious literary tiramisu, layered with history, art, food, fashion, culture (and culture shock), all topped with generous dollops of hilarity. - Dianne Hales, New York Times bestselling author of La Bella Lingua, Mona Lisa and La Passione I loved this book! - Susan Pohlman, author of Halfway to Each Other: How a Year in Italy Brought our Family Home and A Time to Seek: Meaning, Purpose, and Spirituality at Midlife My Modena is an utterly hilarious memoir of expat life in Modena, Italy. - Christina Lynch, New York Times bestselling author of The Italian Party Andrea Gelfuso captures humorist Erma Bombeck's spirit of self-deprecation through a romp of a memoir that offers a window into her own soul. - Teri Rizvi, founder and director, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

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Andrea Susan Valentine Gelfuso Goetz is an environmental attorney who adores Italy and all things Italian. A year in Italy with her husband and two kids, while living in an apartment that was like camping, with tile, and in a city that was like God's attic, made her appreciate Italian culture, art, and heart-stoppingly gorgeous Italians. Her book, My Modena, a Year of Fear, Laughter, and Exhilaration in Italy details the delightful confusion of living in a town that made every task hilariously frustrating, but every walk a journey into Italy's fascinating past - and thrilling present.

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