And then, you have one daughter and the main character has one daughter There are just so many little bits that made me say “this is Nicki.

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She was lovely and I just thought I have to include her in a book because she was part of Positano back then. It's maybe once or twice a week I'll pop down because I've got to go to the bank or I've got to pick up something somewhere. But Wendy falls for someone who is definitely not available and Amanda realises that one of their friends may be the local drug dealer and everything starts going Mia can’t wait to hear the rest of the story after never knowing the truth about her father. I just thought it was a nice little memory to put her in it because she was such an important part of my life.We follow Nicki on Positano Diaries and it is wonderful to read about the people and places that she, and us through her YouTube channel, know and have come to love. Well written, deliciously descriptive in that comfortable Nicki style, I could smell the lemons and the salty Positano air, and I have never been to Italy. But Wendy falls for someone who is definitely not available and Amanda realises that one of their friends may be the local drug dealer and everything starts going wrong. Anyone who has done even a little trekking and walking would be familiar with the old donkey paths and countless steps that link these communities, up and down the mountain and from hamlet to village. I didn't want them to have the power of making me feel bad about what I'd written, so I never even contemplated sending it to a publisher.

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For anyone who may be thinking of coming to Positano or who has been there, the book is something you could read on the beach in Positano, read quickly. In rented accommodation, back then we didn't have any money and we were struggling and it wasn't a particularly nice apartment that we were living in.

Consider what it must be like to live a workaday life in towns like Positano, Amalfi Town, or the not so famous towns of Furore, Priano, Nocelle, Montepertuso, San Lazzaro, San Michele or Scala (even its name means staircase). To sum up, everything Nicki does is the real deal, and genuine, from her book to her Positano Diaries youtube channel.