Email to a friend Dear Alessandra by Adelaide Devonport Our Price:  $29.00 Add to Cart Qty Out of Stock Place an Advanced Order Add Review Ask a Question Dear Alessandra – by Adelaide Devonport   Product details Paperback: 310 pages Publisher: Jay Boag ISBN: 9780994182951 Trim size: 178 x 126 mm   Synopsis    'Dear Alessandra' is the humourous story about Mr. Brown, a resident in a Melbourne, Australia retirement village who replies to a young Italian woman's email message seeking romance and money.   The young girl Mr. Brown is supposedly corresponding with tries to fit a life of her own in with a mother who is suffering from the effects of stroke and who eventually dies in a fire at her aged care home. Her sister, is mostly on the sideline of the story, but nevertheless becomes an important character as it comes to an end.  To protect their identities they both write under assumed names.   Mr. Brown wins a large prize in lotto and he and his wife travel to England to visit family and then to Italy where he coincidently meets Antonia who is Alessandra's twin sister, a nun.   The story ends with a surprising twist when the main characters meet in Florence.    The book, as well as being an amusing (virtual) romance and a travel story, provides insight into domestic life and the lives of those having to looking after parents who can no longer care for themselves. About the Author Adelaide Devonport is a Tasmanian, born in Launceston many years ago. After a working life in the commercial world she now lives in a retirement village in Melbourne, Australia where she enjoys pastel painting and writing novels. Her only other published work at this time is entitled 'Consequences' which is a romantic story set in outback Australia in the 1950's.   Currently there are no reviews for this product. (View All) Currently there are no questions for this product. Similar Products Shrill $28.00 Devour $30.00 Bandy's Folly $29.95 The Accidental Spy $24.99