Lina learns from a friend that Ren had already broken up with Mimi because he hoped to date Lina. She went back to the states breaking Howard’s heart. Lina learns from the journal that Hadley did start to fall in love with Howard, but by then, she was already pregnant with Rossi’s baby. Lina believes that he’s devoted to Mimi when he starts avoiding her after the incident. But he pulls away, and to save face, she says she’s never seen him as anything but a friend. In her emotional upheaval, she kisses Ren and realizes she loves him. He denies that she is his child and insults Hadley.Īfter this terrible meet-up, Lina is not herself. Rossi treats Lina horribly when they meet, even though, through appearance, she knows that he is her father. In the journal, Lina finds that Rossi broke Hadley’s heart. Ren and Lina track down X, who turns out to be Matteo Rossi, one of Hadley’s old professors. Later, though, Hadley calls Howard by name, and Lina begins to suspect that X is another man. Hadley referred to him as X in the journal, and Lina assumed she meant Howard. Through Hadley’s journal, Ren and Lina learn that Hadley fell in love with someone who worked at her art school. Lina also meets an attractive British boy named Thomas, and they spend some time together. Too bad Ren has a beautiful girlfriend named Mimi.
Ren and Lina become quick friends, and their bond deepens as they read Hadley’s journal together. They have been anxiously awaiting her arrival since Howard came by to say she would enroll in the fall.īut Lina plans to leave before the summer is up.
Lina meets Ren Ferrara, who goes to the local American school. Lina reads it slowly over the next several weeks and refuses to talk to Howard about their relationship until she has finished. Apparently, she mailed it to the cemetery to wait for Lina’s arrival. It covers the time Hadley lived in Florence as a young woman. Howard’s friend Sonia gives Lina a journal that once belonged to Hadley. When Lina arrives after finishing her school year, she is bewildered to discover that Howard lives in and is the caretaker of an American cemetery. She says it was Hadley’s wish because Howard is Lina’s father. When Hadley dies of pancreatic cancer, Lina’s grandma sends her to live with Howard in Italy. Lina’s mom, Hadley, has always told her stories about her time in Florence and her special friend Howard who lives there. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in Love and Gelato? If you are wondering what happened in Love and Gelato, then you are in the right place! This page is full of spoilers, so beware. Read a full summary of Love and Gelato, book #1 in Jenna Evans Welch’s Love and Gelato trilogy.
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