La Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italy and the most Enchanting Language in the World

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For anyone who has ever travelled to Italy or simply dreams of going there one day, the fantasy of living la dolce vita is powerfully seductive. Dianne Hales is no exception, but she also fell truly, madly and deeply in love with the language, fascinated by its story and its stories, tantalised by its adventures and ever eager to spend more time in its company. Italians say that someone who acquires a new language 'possesses' it. The result is La Bella Lingua, a joyous, funny and warmly affectionate celebration of Italy, its history, literature, food, music, movies and its people, who helped her not only to learn the world's most loved and lovable language but how to really live like a true Italian.

Dianne Hales is a an award-winning journalist and author. She lives with her family in Marin County, California. She has a website devoted to her love affair with Italian: www.becomingitalian.com or labellalingua.org.