![]() ![]() ![]() I loved the idea of writing books about young women discovering who they are in cultures/settings that are different than what they are used to. ![]() Jenna Evans Welch: What a wonderful way to sum up these books! I spent several years as a teenager living in Florence, Italy and the experience was very eye-opening to me. What can you tell us about the world and characters of these two books? Wendy Waltrip: Your books, Love & Gelato and Love & Luck, both feature teenage girls traveling abroad and ultimately finding themselves in the middle of fascinating (and romantic) adventures. Instagram: special thank you to Jenna Evans Welch for the following interview! Don’t miss Jenna’s novels, Love & Gelato, Love & Luck, and the upcoming Love & Olives (releasing on November 10, 2020)! Also, check out our review of Love & Luck! She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and two children.” (Bio taken from the end of Love & Luck, and headshot taken from the author’s website.) When she isn’t writing girl-abroad stories, Jenna can be found chasing her babies or making elaborate messes in the kitchen. It is currently being published in more than eighteen countries. Her first novel, Love & Gelato, was a New York Times bestseller, a 2017 YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten title, a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award nominee for Best Young Adult Fiction, and a selection for the 2017 Texas Lone Star Reading List. ![]() About the Author: “Jenna Evans Welch was the kind of insatiable child reader who had no choice but to grow up to become a writer. ![]()
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