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The Venice Experiment:

A Year of Trial and Error Living Abroad
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Savory Adventures Publishing, Jul 13, 2011 - Travel - 254 pages
Lured by Venice's colorful history and its labyrinth of walkways, canals, and bridges, Barry wanted to be more than just a tourist. He convinced his wife Debbie to join him in his Venice experiment, a one-year cultural immersion.Through their initiation into Venetian society, Debbie and Barry discovered the close-knit family of its inhabitants and the oddities of living in Venice, the improbable city built upon millions of tree trunks driven into the mud sixteen centuries ago. From the exasperating bureaucracy to high tides endangering their ground-floor apartment, these expatriates get far more than they bargained for.The quintessential storyteller, Barry Frangipane draws us into the inner life of Venice. With his inexhaustible humor, he takes the reader on his journey abroad, a journey filled with a cast of remarkable characters who will touch your heart.

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Review: The Venice Experiment: A Year of Trial and Error Living Abroad

User Review  - Annette McLeod - Goodreads

I am 67% finished according to my Kindle, and I give up. I love Venice, and I was quite looking forward to this, but what a snore. It seems to be organized strictly chronologically, a series of bland ... Read full review

Review: The Venice Experiment: A Year of Trial and Error Living Abroad

User Review  - Ashley - Goodreads

I chose to read this book I am deeply interested in anything having to do with Italy and its culture. I usually don't read nonfiction works, but this novel struck me as fascinating being as a couple ... Read full review

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About the author (2011)

Barry Frangipane, a native of Florida, hosts luxury vacations to Italy. While he has read many Pulitzer Prize winning novels, this is his first attempt at writing one. He is very proud that his new book exemplifies the writing style of Ernest Hemingway, in that both of their books contain multiple words combined to form sentences, and occasionally even paragraphs. He knows Italian, French, and the names of many other languages.Ben Robbins, also a Florida native, has slightly better punctuation skills than his co-author. A writer most of his career, he is now a published author. He knows this because his name is on the cover of this book. When not writing books, he enjoys travelling with his family, exploring the outdoors and working two jobs to pay the bills. He takes great pride in being extraordinarily humble, but of course would not want you to know that.

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