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Ciao Bella!: Six Take Italy Paperback – 4 November 2021

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Kate Langbroek’s deliciously funny and inspiring memoir about moving to Italy with her family to seek la dolce vita. ‘A wonderful story, beautifully written, filled with heart and humour’ Liane Moriarty (reviewing Ciao Bella! on3pm Pick Up,KIIS 1065)

‘I wasn’t looking to fall in love. It just happened. There were moments, encounters as fleeting as feelings. Sometimes – tellingly – they emerged from chaos.’

When Kate Langbroek first dreamed of moving to Italy, she imagined a magnificent sun-drenched pastiche of long lunches and wandering through cobbled laneways clutching a loaf of crusty bread and a bottle of wine, Sophia Loren-style, while handsome men called out ‘Ciao Bella!’

In the stark light of day the dream Kate shared with her husband Peter after an idyllic holiday in Italy seemed like madness. They didn’t speak Italian. They knew no one in Italy. They had four children. Kate also had the best job in the world on a top-rating radio show with her longtime friend, Dave Hughes.

But the siren song of Italy was irresistible. This would be the adventure of a lifetime, a precious opportunity to spend more time with their children – Lewis, Sunday, Artie and Jannie – and it came from a deep well inside to seize life after they almost lost Lewis to leukaemia.

Ciao Bella! is about having a dream and living it as Kate shares the sublime joys and utter chaos of adapting to a new life in Bologna, what you discover about yourself when you are a stranger in a strange land, and how she fell in love. With a country.

Deliciously funny, insightful and often deeply moving, Ciao Bella! is Kate’s love letter to Italy and her family. It is also a glorious reminder of what Italians can teach us about living life to the full – and what really matters when the world goes to hell in a handbasket.

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Simon & Schuster Australia
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4 November 2021
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1760857548
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978-1760857547
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Kate Langbroek is one of Australia’s most beloved media personalities. Her ferocious wit, playfulness and irreverence have made her an audience favourite in a career that has spanned prime time television, top-rating breakfast and drivetime radio, acting, scriptwriting and journalism.

Kate first came to our attention on Triple R in the mid-1990s and then as a regular on The Panel, one of Network Ten’s longest-running shows. She went on to guest on other popular shows like Thank God You're Here and Dancing with the Stars.

In 2001 Kate helped catapult start-up radio station Nova 100 to instant ratings success. Along with co-host Dave ‘Hughesy’ Hughes, Kate continued her stellar radio career on SCA’s Hit! Network and is now on the ARN Network. She broadcasts nationally every weekday on KIIS FM’s 3pm Pick-Up and is a regular guest on Channel 10’s The Project.

While juggling a frenetic career, marriage and parenthood, Kate and her husband Peter decided to make life even more interesting by packing up their four kids and moving to Bologna in Italy. The result is Kate’s first book, Ciao Bella! Six Take Italy.

You can find Kate on Twitter @katelangbroek and Instagram @katelangbroek.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Australia (4 November 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1760857548
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1760857547

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B.Donohue

Hilarious

Reviewed in Australia on 26 November 2021

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Kate Langbroek is always hilarious and entertaining, whether it’s TV or radio she’s always a delight with her dry humour. It’s also nice to read of people’s experiences when moving to a foreign country, what they expect and achieve

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Judy

A beautiful and uplifting book

Reviewed in Australia on 16 November 2021

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With all the negativity being spread in the world right now, this book comes at just the right time! It's the story of a beautiful Australian family who spent time living in Italy, and making it their second home. It's a totally 'feel good' story, full of fascinating information and humor. I totally recommend it!

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Amanda

Great easy going read

Reviewed in Australia on 19 December 2021

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Loved the stories of Kate’s adventures, her descriptions of her Italian experiences often taking me back to relive my own travels.
Great memoir of Kate and her family’s 2 years in Italy, and what a beautiful family they seem.

Reviewed in Australia on 26 December 2021

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Great book. Just love the story line and that it’s about Kates family’s experience living in a foreign country. Really well written

Reviewed in Australia on 17 January 2022

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A great book that really makes you want to go live in Italy. You will fall in love with the Lewis’s

Reviewed in Australia on 19 November 2021

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Loved every page of the book I read it in a few days. Well written, with heartwarming stories of life in Italy. A must read.

Reviewed in Australia on 19 January 2022

A boring travel diary, I was disappointed not to enjoy the usual wit and stimulating vocabulary of Kate, as heard on her radio programs. Instead, this was a facile plodding through life as a family of expats. On and on it went with “and then we went here and ate this delicious meal, and then we went there with the B-list Aussie radio people and ate that, and then I went on a girls’ weekend and it was fun” kind of thing, on and on. There was nothing touching or moving or insightful as promised, in my view. Not worth the time or money.

Reviewed in Australia on 19 November 2021

I loved, loved, loved reading this book and Kate's very thorough descriptions of the beautiful Italian towns, amazing food and wonderful people. Living in Italy is a dream and Kate does an amazing job in sharing that dream with us. Brava Kate!

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Denise

Ciao neighbor!

Reviewed in the United States on 20 November 2021

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What a thrilling recounting of life in BO. Can validate this reality. The high highs & low lows. The tenacity. The bittersweet of staying and going. Until we meet again. -❤💙 The lift elves

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