''A stunning writer and a brilliant transporting experience'' Lisa Taddeo bestselling author of Three Women and Animal ''Sensorial as hell. An ode to funky wine labels good taste and true inspiration Francesca Giacco has penned a stunningly cool and stylish debut'' Paul Beatty Man Booker Prize winning author of The Sellout ''If Sally Rooney and Frances Mayes co-wrote a novel in an Airbnb near the Spanish Steps it might read something like Six Days in Rome'' David Ebershoff bestselling author of The Danish Girl -- Emilia an artist arrives in Rome alone. What was supposed to be a romantic trip has with the sudden end of her relationship become a solitary one. Six days lie ahead. She wanders the streets surrendering herself to the music food and beauty of the city. But when she meets John an American living out a seemingly idyllic existence in Rome their instant connection challenges how she sees her past her family and herself. As their intimacy deepens can Emilia begin to imagine life anew? Visceral decadent and deeply evocative Six Days in Rome is a novel about reckoning with complex pasts and choices made - and finding what you didn''t know you were looking for. . Language: English