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The Divorced Lady's Companion to Living in Italy
CATHERINE MCNAMARA grew up in Sydney and moved to Paris to study French, and ended up in Ghana running a bar. She moved to Italy eight years ago.
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ExpatsBlog.com Expat Blog Awards 2012: Honourable Mention Award!
This blog won the Honourable Mention Award for best expat blog in Italy!
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Gina Samarotto
14:49 PM November 01, 2012
14:49 PM November 01, 2012
Warm, intelligent bloggings! Love it!
Alessandra VERONA
16:22 PM November 01, 2012
16:22 PM November 01, 2012
Funny and new.loved it
Francesca Muir
21:28 PM November 01, 2012
21:28 PM November 01, 2012
Such honesty - Catherine writes with passion and a great sense of humour. Her posts make my day! F
Marina Sofia
08:37 AM November 02, 2012
08:37 AM November 02, 2012
This is such a fun and varied blog - it conveys perfectly all the delights and frustrations of expat life, the daily wonder and bafflement, as well as profound understanding and love of Italy.
Komberly Sullivan
11:34 AM November 02, 2012
11:34 AM November 02, 2012
Great post. As a fellow ex-pat, I find this funny and very, very true.
Averil Dean
14:06 PM November 02, 2012
14:06 PM November 02, 2012
Catherine is a poet in four-inch heels, and she always makes me laugh.
Diego
15:48 PM November 02, 2012
15:48 PM November 02, 2012
Good job. Well done!
Yvonne Stewart
18:29 PM November 02, 2012
18:29 PM November 02, 2012
Cat has it all! Warm intelligent insightful challenging and a fab laugh. She is grappa made flesh - an injection of espresso - a warm embrace - a friend! The writing is of such consistently high quality - the posts have you begging for more.
Downith
19:35 PM November 02, 2012
19:35 PM November 02, 2012
At times hilarious and times poignant, Catherine's posts always give me something to think about.
Rachel
21:45 PM November 04, 2012
21:45 PM November 04, 2012
Catherine makes me think, laugh and question. Wonderful use of language and a different and interesting point of view. Fun to read and so very thought provoking!
Conor Fitzgerald
12:23 PM November 12, 2012
12:23 PM November 12, 2012
Catherine filters her experience of Italy through a veil of humour and observation in a way that makes you smile, but also makes you want to lift the veil and see the deeper motivations driving her. She makes you care for her and root for her.
