The Gondola Maker By Laura Morelli

Award-winning historical fiction set in 16th-century Venice_x000D_

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Benjamin Franklin Digital Award_x000D_

IPPY Award for Best Adult Fiction E-book_x000D_

National Indie Excellence Award Finalist_x000D_

Eric Hoffer Award Finalist_x000D_

Shortlisted for the da Vinci Eye Prize_x000D_

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From the author of Made in Italy comes a tale of artisanal tradition and family bonds set in one of the world's most magnificent settings: Renaissance Venice.Venetian gondola-maker Luca Vianello considers his whole life arranged. His father charted a course for his eldest son from the day he was born, and Luca is positioned to inherit one of the city's most esteemed boatyards. But when Luca experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard, he believes that his destiny lies elsewhere. Soon he finds himself drawn to restore an antique gondola with the dream of taking a girl for a ride._x000D_

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The Gondola Maker brings the centuries-old art of gondola-making to life in the tale of a young man's complic