Coins in the Fountain - Couverture souple

Secondari, John H

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798992447804

Editeur : Studiolo Secondari, inc., 2026

Synopsis

“Must Get!” —Kirkus Reviews, June 2026

“A picturesque tribute to the Eternal City.” —Kirkus Reviews, June 2026

Before the Oscar-winning film Three Coins in the Fountain, before millions of travelers tossed wishes into the Trevi Fountain, there was Coins in the Fountain — the sparkling novel of American women, Roman romance, and reinvention that helped turn Rome into a dream destination.

First published in 1952, John H. Secondari’s luminous debut novel inspired the beloved film Three Coins in the Fountain and captured the magic of postwar Rome: its sunlit piazzas, crowded cafés, ancient ruins, elegant apartments, and fountains shimmering with impossible wishes.

In the years after World War II, four young American women—Priscilla, Anita, Virginia, and Theresa—share an apartment above the rooftops of the Eternal City. Each has come to Rome searching for something different: love, adventure, independence, escape, or a life larger than the one she left behind.

As the women fall in and out of love, challenge convention, and navigate the glittering expatriate world of diplomats, journalists, artists, and restless dreamers, they begin to discover the difference between fantasy and fulfillment. Their friendships deepen. Their desires pull them in different directions. And each must decide what kind of woman she wants to become.

At the heart of the novel is the Trevi Fountain, where every coin carries a wish. Frank Bertin, an American newspaperman who tossed his coin fifteen years earlier, has never gone home. Fred Shadwell, a famous aging novelist, throws a coin each day in the hope of buying more time. Around them, Rome becomes more than a backdrop—it becomes a living force of longing, beauty, heartbreak, and second chances.

Kirkus Reviews calls Coins in the Fountain “more complex than the Hollywood romance that it inspired,” praising its humor, wit, emotional depth, and vivid portrait of expatriate life in midcentury Rome.

Out of print for more than fifty years, this long-awaited reissue brings a forgotten classic back to readers who love stories of women abroad, romantic cities, complicated love, and the search for self in a changing world.

This edition includes a new foreword by the author’s daughter and a curated selection of midcentury-inspired Italian cocktail and café recipes.

Perfect for fans of Beautiful Ruins, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Pursuit of Love, and novels about travel, friendship, love, and second chances.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Studiolo Secondari, inc.
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798992447804
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 350
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