Episode #29: For Your Reading List: The Enchanted April

Jennifer has become enchanted with April.  Wait, no, that's not quite right.  She's over the moon about a book she just discovered entitled The Enchanted April.  Yeah, that's it.  This book has been around for 100 years, but it just now made it onto Jennifer's reading list and she's now wondering where it has been all her life.  Written by Elizabeth Von Arnim and inspired by her stay in 1920 at Castello Brown, a beautiful Mediterranean fortress in Portofino, Italy, The Enchanted April was published in 1922.  It was a dreamy, satisfying read--and a film adaptation from the early 1990s is even better!  It's so hard to find a book (even though there are literally millions available with the click of a mouse), Jennifer is doing us a favor by assigning us this read.  In tonight's show she explores the author, the magical "castello" (castle) that inspired her, and introduces the main characters.  Jennifer has promised not to spoil the details of the story, or the ending, and while she skirts the boundaries of spoilerville, she doesn't quite cross the line.  Also in tonight's show is a song sure to lodge in your brain like an ear worm--even though it's in Italian.  Come along as we journey to Portofino for one unforgettable April.

Show Links
The Enchanted April Audiobook Read by Helen Taylor
Luncheon Scene from the film The Enchanted April
Castello Brown Website

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