Nine funny and insightful stories that delve into the lives of women searching for meaning (and survival) in an ancient metropolis awhirl in honking Fiats, smouldering cigarettes and teetering high heels.
Riveting and funny. William's skill with dialogue, with the tempests it alternately contains and releases, is consummate.
Williams's stories are so vivid I was certain at first that they must be autobiographical.
Like a postcard from a friend with “Wish you were here” scrawled on the back. Save the airfare and read this book instead.
Saving Rome has been billed as a book about the expatriate experience in Italy, but it’s about much more than that.
...unlike many other novels or short stories compiled by vigorously intelligent journalists - Megan is not boring.
Tender-hearted and amusing first collection providing fresh angles on displacement, relationship ennui and disappointed expectations.
Williams effectively conveys the voices of very different protagonists.