The Last Supper: A Summer in Italy by Rachel Cusk

A vivid and elegant memoir of a family’s season abroad by the author of the Outline trilogy.

When Rachel Cusk decides to travel to Italy for a summer with her husband and two young children, she has no idea of the trials and wonders that lie in store. Their journey, chronicled in The Last Supper, leads them to both the expected and the surprising, all seen through Cusk’s sharp and humane perspective.