If there ever was an honorary Italian, it must be Bay Area author Dianne Hales. Although the majority of her career has centered on health topics and textbooks, Hales published La Bella Lingua in 2010, a personal memoir encapsulating her 25-year pilgrimage to speak Italian, to impressive reviews.

Her latest book, Mona Lisa: A Life Discovered, can't be relegated to a sophomore effort for the experienced writer, but it is the second contribution to what is quickly becoming the Italian series in Hales' body of work.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano