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Kathleen went to Venice with a goal and a plan. The goal was to write about the lives of a clichéd group of men, the gondoliers. The plan included a camera, a notebook, and the perseverance of a serious journalist. But sometimes plans must change. She soon found that a journalist's attitude didn't fly, and an attractive woman alone in Venice didn't go unnoticed. Changing her approach she fell in with the flirtations, jokes, and carefree outlook of these men who occasionally offered small jewels of information and insight (usually while trying to woo her). From skinny-dipping off a gondola under a full moon to sharing watermelon and prosecco with a crowd of stripe-shirted gondoliers, Free Gondola Ride takes the reader on a summer full of adventures and beautiful moments.
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"Beautifully written.
Here is a chance to gain insight into the love life, trials and
tribulations of the world famous gondoliers of Venice. You
will discover that they are real people with real feelings and
real dreams like anyone else in the world".
-Clarence Robert Tower, Seventy Years in the Silicon Valley
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"Like Little Red Riding Hood in a den of wolves,
Kathleen Ann González, armed with only her notebook,
manages to hold her own in this unique and glorious romp
with the gondoliers of Venice".
-Norma Howe, The Adventures of Blue Avenger