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St Piran’s: Italian Surgeon, Forbidden Bride
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177 printed pages
- Original publication
- 2011
- Publication year
- 2010
Quotes
- b1568688811has quoted4 years ago
The kittens would miss Gio almost as much as she would, she reflected sadly. He’d been so good with them. She choked back the emotion as she recalled the way he had lain on the floor, chuckling as the two growing kittens had romped over him. And the time she’d come in late one Friday night after her session of volunteering at the Samaritans to find Gio lying asleep on the sofa, the kittens curled up on his chest in a tangle. - b1568688811has quoted4 years ago‘I wish I had her courage. She faced death with the same warmth, bravery, humour and gentleness of spirit with which she embraced life. I was at her side every second of her brief but futile fight, and I was holding her hand when she took her final breath.’
- b1568688811has quoted4 years agoMaybe it was time to tell her about Sofia. If he wanted Jessica to trust him and share the secrets that held her back from relationships with people, then he had to trust her, too. Which meant placing his broken heart in her hands. He cleared his throat, the emotion building before he even begun to speak.
‘Lori was my wife’s nickname,’ he began, hit by a wave of memories. ‘In Italy it is common to shorten someone’s surname to use as a derivative. Sofia’s maiden name was Loriani.to friends she was Lori. At school everyone called us “Lori and Cori”.’ A smile came unbidden. ‘We used the names for each other into adulthood.’
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