Adventures Of A Polyglotmy Life In Two Worlds

A Cosmopolitan Par Excellence, Giovanna Sodi Phillips Takes The Reader Through The Tragicomic Adventures Of Her Vivid Life. From A Tuscan Childhood Shared With A Younger Brother, Their American Musician Mother, Their Italian Officer Father And A Succession Of French Au-pairs, She Leads Us Through Her Years At A Strict Swiss Convent, Her Adolescence At The Often Hilarious Liceo Dante In Florence, Through Romances At Smith College To Two Years In Romes Fascinating Diplomatic World, Culminating In Her Marriage Miracle. The Authors Portrayal Of Life In York As A Museum Wife With Three Children Brings On A Cast Of Characters: The Curators, Collectors And Dealers In The Couples Social Set, And The Foreign Help At Home Who Involve The Family In Their Own Often Touching, At Times Heart-rending Sentimental Adventures.