Trading Up in Tuscany
0 Comment / May 15, 2014

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Story Synopsis:

Georgie’s cycling holiday in Tuscany takes a turn for the better when a dishevelled, well-travelled stranger introduces her to the food and wine of the region.

Sneak peek of story:

‘Come on Georgie, this is fun!’ My disgustingly fit boyfriend smiles his irritatingly handsome smile. I want to punch him. 

‘No it’s bloody not. Reading in a hammock with a cocktail is fun, swimming in the sea is fun. This. Is. Hell.’ Sweat is pouring off me as I push my hired bike up and around yet another steep hill. It’s July, the blue sky is cloudless and the landscape beautiful beyond belief.

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Tell us why you chose the location for your SUNLOUNGER 2 story… I chose Tuscany because few years ago my husband and I went on a cycling holiday and I have wonderful memories of incredibly beautiful scenery, glorious food and wine, romantic starlit meals – and hills. Endless bloody hills. Let’s just say that next time I won’t be cycling!

Have your books featured an exotice destinations? Oh yes. REVELRY – Ibiza; VANITY– (deep breath) Ibiza, St Tropez, Paxos, Paris, Tuscany, LA, New York, the Hamptons, Thailand and a road trip across the States! A GIRL CALLED SUMMER – Ibiza, LA, New Mexico, Mexico!

If you could live anywhere in the world… Ibiza. Because it’s beautiful, sunny and laid-back. I love the whole hippyish ‘make love not war’ thing. I love beaches. I love parties. I love parties on beaches. And I love the totally tolerant, unshockable nature of the White Isle – it’s the antithesis of curtain-twitching suburbia.

Destination you’ve returned to the most times: Ibiza (see above!). I even spent my honeymoon there. Our plans to try and ‘have a quiet one’ on the first day were scuppered by a group of strangers dressed as comic-book heroes. Much sunny merriment ensued.

Favourite cuisine from around the world? French, Italian or Indian.

Favourite holiday cocktail? Oooh tricky! I’m a bit of a tart when it comes to cocktails, mixing with gay abandon and little regard for the consequences. It depends on the country too, but overall I’d say a Margarita does its job pretty finely.

What was your best/worst holiday romance? Best: Austrian male model in Thailand. Worst: Austrian male model in Thailand a couple of days later when he transferred his attentions to my best friend. We subsequently found out he had a girlfriend in hospital with Dengue Fever the other side of the island. Lovely chap.



Lucy Lord

Sunlounger Contributing Author

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Author Bio

Lucy Lord is a novelist and journalist who has written for various publications, including The Times, Guardian, Independent, Evening Standard, Time Out, Marie Claire and Arena.

Aside from reading and writing, she enjoys lying in hammocks, long lunches on beaches, music, cooking and throwing parties. She lives in London with her musician husband.

Lucy’s books, published by Harper Collins, are: PARTY NIGHT, a ‘filthy-bright, laugh-out-loud funny’ novella which focuses on one eventful New Year’s Eve and is a prequel to REVELRY, described as ‘This Life for the 21st Century’ and ‘Bridget Jones times 10’; ‘Exotic, funny and warm’ VANITY, which follows our heroines from New York to LA, Paris to St Tropez, Ibiza to the Hamptons, and culminates in a road trip across the States that they’ll never forget; and A GIRL CALLED SUMMER, coming out this summer, which is set on the beautiful island of Ibiza.