Fantasy in A Minor

"Sometimes, if I have a couple of hours before a date, I pull my sewing chair out onto my tiny terrace, put my feet up, and let the fresh air put pink in my cheeks instead of Max Factor. The view is one of my favorite things about my room. When I look across the way at the backyards of our neighbors, separated by fences and the occasional low tree, I see every style of the garden, from an ornate rococo sculpture garden of marble angels to a rustic country bench under a low oak tree. Life on Commerce Street is as layered as one of Rosemary's Napoleon pastries."

-Adriana Trigiani, Lucia, Lucia