Simonetta Wenkert was born in London and has lived in Athens, Rome and Jerusalem. She has worked as a teacher and a translator of film scripts. She currently lives in Queen's Park, London, where she owns and runs Ida, an Italian restaurant, with her husband. This is Simonetta's second novel.

Praise for Simonetta Wenkert: 'Alive in rich and vivid detail' Esther Freud 'Tough, lyrical and original' Marika Cobbold 'Persuasive, moving, sympathetic' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'Powerfully done. She vividly conjures up the sights and smells of a foreign landscape' Daily Mail

Simonetta Wenkert was born in London and has lived in Athens, Rome and Jerusalem. She has worked as a teacher and a translator of film scripts. She currently lives in Queen's Park, London, where she owns and runs Ida, an Italian restaurant, with her husband. This is Simonetta's second novel.

Praise for Simonetta Wenkert: 'Alive in rich and vivid detail' Esther Freud 'Tough, lyrical and original' Marika Cobbold 'Persuasive, moving, sympathetic' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'Powerfully done. She vividly conjures up the sights and smells of a foreign landscape' Daily Mail

Simonetta Wenkert was born in London and has lived in Athens, Rome and Jerusalem. She has worked as a teacher and a translator of film scripts. She currently lives in Queen's Park, London, where she owns and runs Ida, an Italian restaurant, with her husband. This is Simonetta's second novel.

Praise for Simonetta Wenkert: 'Alive in rich and vivid detail' Esther Freud 'Tough, lyrical and original' Marika Cobbold 'Persuasive, moving, sympathetic' Allan Massie, Scotsman 'Powerfully done. She vividly conjures up the sights and smells of a foreign landscape' Daily Mail