Marco Flavio Parenti is a 35 yearold exchef who has given up his career and any sense of hope to return to Udine in Northern Italy to nurse his ailing father Even when offered a job at a restaurant in Melbourne he declines using his father as the excuse When tragedy strikes the only glimmer of joy arrives in the form of Olivia Maeve Dermody a spirited Australian chasing her dream of working in design while on a family mission in Udine Against the stunning vineyards rugged mountains and blue Adriatic of FriuliVenezia Giulia these two very different people find themselves at a crossroads that will change their lives forever
