Reviews

Judith Works takes us on an extended Roman holiday, learning to laugh and love la vita bella. Tag along as she's introduced to grappa and guanciale, puntarelle and priest stranglers - Nancy Leson, Seattle's voice of food and fun Coins in the Fountain celebrates the traveler in all of us. It's a beautifully descriptive memoir, a snapshot of life in Rome that tantalizes the senses and makes one long to another visit to the Eternal City - Jennifer Criswell, author of At Least You're in Tuscany Judith Works lands a dream job in Rome, and suddenly, she and her husband's casual conversations about someday living in Europe turn into reality. Almost nothing goes as expected...Works deftly uses food, history, and travel to describe the expat life. The "real" Rome, she discovers, is chaotic, energizing, frustrating, and romantic in ways most tourists never get to experience - Carol Pucci, travel writer/photographer/blogger