![]() ![]() ![]() But while Aunt Rose leaves the family estate to Janice, Julie is bequeathed next to nothing, just a passport, a key, and a secret-that her real name is Giulietta Tolomei, a descendant of the Tolomeis and the Salembenis, the real families that inspired Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet-and that the "Curse upon both your houses," is alive and well, 600 years later. (Their parents died years earlier in Tuscany). ![]() Our story begins when Julie’s beloved Aunt Rose dies, leaving Julie and her twisted sister, Janice orphaned. You’re in for a wild ride-a lush, romantic voyage that will stimulate all of your literary senses. Secondly, my advice-aside from urging you to buy this book before someone else in your book club beats you to it-is to buckle up and hold on with both hands. Not only are you intrepid enough to find this gem of a debut novel, but you are about to embark on a journey to Sienna (not Verona, for you Romeo and Juliet purists out there-don’t feel bad, I was one of them too) with our heroine, Julie Jacobs. ![]() Okay, you’re here, on Amazon and by some clever and fortunate happenstance you’ve clicked over to Anne Fortier’s Juliet. Jamie Ford is the New York Times Bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, which was chosen as the #1 Book Club Pick for Fall 2009/Winter 2010 by the American Booksellers Association. ![]()
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