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\"Ristorante<\/a>Nicoletta arrives in Rome with a very specific goal: she’s determined to confront the mother who abandoned her 15 years ago. The reason her mother gave then remains just as inexcusable now: “‘There’s a man I’m destined to be with. But he’ll never marry a divorced woman … so he can’t know that I have a child,'” and with that, she was gone.<\/p>\n

At 21, Nicoletta announces to an exasperated, shocked Olga, “‘I’m going to tell your husband.'” But somehow Olga gets her way (she apparently always does)… and the secret remains safe … for now.<\/p>\n

That husband turns out to be the rather intriguing owner of an intimate little restaurant where reservations are virtually impossible to come by. All the staff are suave and charming … and happen to wear glasses (another Olga indulgence): “Most of our guests are here for the waiters,” Nicoletta’s would-be stepfather, Lorenzo, tells her. “Our customers share a particular weakness for handsome gentlemen.”<\/p>\n

Olga and Lorenzo set Nicoletta up with an apartment, and even a job in the restaurant’s magical kitchen. She quickly makes friends with the welcoming, attractive staff. When her heart-strings feel a gentle pull whenever the head waiter, Claudio, is around, Nicoletta perhaps begins to understand a bit about the high price of true love. [Don’t get me started on Mama, ahem!]\n

From the creator of the fabulous manga not simple<\/a><\/em>, Ono creates a light Italian treat, Japanese manga style … whose supporting characters are so appealing, they’ll get a series of their own<\/a> … stay tuned.<\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2010 (United States)
\nRISTORANTE PARADISO \u00a9 2006 Natsume Ono\/Ohta Publishing Co.
\nOriginal Japanese edition published by Ohta Publishing Co.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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