Miss Garnet's Angel by Sally Vickers is a beautifully written story based in Venice through the eyes of someone seeing it for the first time. There are many bits I identified with. It inspires you to search out her piazza and, in particular, the church the story is based around. I have tried twice now but each time it has been closed! It just creates a good excuse to go back again.
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My late wife loved this book too, when I returned to Venice in February I revisited the church. Glory be, the renovation is complete and it is now open in the mornings.
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