false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171848083m/123099.jpg 123099 3 In her delightful reimagining of <b>A Midsummer&#8217;s Night Dream</b><i>, </i>Amanda Craig slyly serves up a witty cross-cultural farce, a modern-day tale of love and lies set against the magical landscape of Tuscany. <br> <br>When Theo, a workaholic lawyer, his English wife Polly, and their two children rent an idyllic Italian villa, they expect a relaxing summer holiday together. Polly, with her loved ones&#8217; romantic interests at heart, has invited an eccentric mix of friends and family along--including three eligible bachelors, a former model, an Indian-British divorcee with a young son, and her own appalling mother-in-law. They soon discover the Casa Luna is a strange, enchanted place where people find their heart's desire&#8212;but at a price. Everyone falls in love, though not with the people they expect, and the results are surprising and hilarious. 3170575 2003 Love in Idleness total:43|5:5|4:11|3:12|2:11|1:4| 43 131 81 20 2 2 false true Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Nov 23 07:36:08 -0800 2007 Thu Aug 13 08:45:31 -0700 2009 1 A Midsummer Night's Dream in a typically British summer house party. I was interested enough to start reading it. Craig then acknowledged Forster's contribution to her story by having one of the characters reading A Room With a View. I would have been pleased with t...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 19:49:20 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 17:57:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu May 24 19:51:09 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 17 15:42:41 -0700 2009 1 Love in Idleness by Amanda Craig. I hardly know what to say. Perhaps I could start off by saying that even if you have a fascination with Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream you don't have to work it into your novel.

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