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Bella Figura
- How to Live, Love and Eat the Italian Way
- Narrated by: Kamin Mohammadi
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
One woman's story of finding beauty and herself - and a practical guide to living a better life, the Italian way!
Kamin Mohammadi, a magazine editor in London, should have been on top of the world. But after heartbreak and loneliness, the stress of her 'dream life' was ruining her physical and mental health. Gifted a ticket to freedom - a redundancy package and the offer of a friend's apartment in Florence - Kamin took a giant leap. It did not take her long to notice how differently her new Italian neighbours approached life: enjoying themselves, taking their time to eat and drink, taking their lives at a deliberately slower pace.
Filled with wonderful characters - from the local bartender/barista who becomes her love adviser to the plumbers who fix her heating and teach her to make pasta al pomodoro - here is a mantra for savouring the beauty and colour of every day that Italians have followed for generations, a guide to the slow life for busy people, a story of finding love (and self-love) in unlikely places and an evocative account of a year living an Italian life.
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- zziva
- 02-02-24
Useful and entertaining
Very inspiring book with recipes for happier life :) loved how Italian lifestyle described in a fiction book
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- JAINA
- 17-02-20
Slow starter
This book was a very slow starter I did not like the recipes in between it really broke up the flow. But as the book went on I really loved her journey to self discovery.
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- Hilary
- 16-09-18
life enhancing
I loved this book and her way of telling her story of her journey of discovery. The recipes at the end of each chapter added another dimension and I will be trying some of them soon. Warning, you may find yourself moving to Italy after listening!
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- Zebra Karma
- 28-05-18
Mostly very good
I’ve deducted a star because of the preachy and long-winded epilogue about food and exercise regime. “Bella Figura is not a diet...” - surely no one thought it was? Although the book is a tad more Bridget Jones Diary than it needed to be. Still a diverting read though.
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- David J. Carpenter
- 19-09-18
Eccellente
Excellent. I really enjoyed this with plenty of food for thought and delicious food to cook.
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- elabelle
- 17-09-18
So enjoyable
At first I wasn’t sure I’d made a good choice with this book but by the end of the first chapter I was well and truly hooked. The messages it gives, the story lines and the images it conjures up are uplifting and true to life. To say I enjoyed this is an understatement it made me think about lots of things about my life and the future!
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- Johanna
- 01-11-22
Some nice takeaways
The health tips are nice but the relationship stuff is a bit roll your eyes over it
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- Diane H. Smith
- 03-10-18
Stick with it’s worth the journey
I wasn’t at all sure if I was going to enjoy this to start with but I loved it! The author is the reader so obviously not as polished as most professional Audible narrators but I grew to love her honest delivery. I am trying to incorporate Bella Figura into my own life. Such a feeling of well being ( even without the Italian weather or beauty of Florence!) comes from slowing down, appreciating what is around you and what you eat and drink, and most importantly being kind to yourself. I shall listen again as necessary!
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- Goosy
- 04-09-19
Easy read
This is a good choice of book for somebody who needs a break from personal problems. I found references to Italian Renaissance borrowing from Islamic culture annoying and out of place. But you may not even notice them. Overall, the performance and the contents are very good.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-10-18
Beautiful Bella Figura
Great way to hear a good, interesting story. It really helped me since I went through a similar time in my life. Thank you for writing this story, I really loved it
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