Synopses & Reviews
When John Moretti left his job as a small-town reporter in Vermont for an extended vacation in Rome, he realized he didnand#8217;t want to go homeand#151;so he relocated to Milan instead, where he remained for four years. In
Moon Living Abroad in Italy, Moretti offers straightforward, knowledgeable advice so businesspeople, students, teachers, retirees, and professionals can make a smooth transition to living in this charming, culturally rich country.
Moon Living Abroad in Italy is packed with essential information and must-have details on setting up daily life in Italy, including obtaining visas, arranging finances, gaining employment, choosing schools, and finding health careand#151;plus practical suggestions for how to rent or buy a home for a variety of needs and budgets, whether itand#8217;s an apartment in downtown Milan or a villa in the Tuscan countryside. With extensive color and black and white photos, illustrations, and maps, Moon Living Abroad in Italy is sure to help you find your bearings as you settle into your new home and life abroad.
About the Author
In 1999,
John Moretti left his job as a small-town reporter in Vermont in search of fame and fortune in Italy. Fame has thus far eluded him and fortune may never arrive on his doorstep, but he did manage to find a job. For four years in Milan, he worked as an editor at a national English-language newspaper, a joint venture between
Corriere della Sera and the
International Herald Tribune.In 2003, John left the newspaper to start writing on his own, covering everything from the Winter Olympics and the Tour de France for the New York Sun to the plight of African prostitutes in Turin for the London-based Independent. His brief television career included an interview with Giorgio Armani for A&Es Biography and a documentary on Italian soccer for Australian television.
Prior to journalism, John did stints as a cattle rancher in Australia and as an importer of Russian-made sporting goods in Cleveland. He grew up in Norwell, Massachusetts, and graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont. Johns earliest memories of visiting extended family in Italy fade into one another in a Kodachrome montage: being held as a
baby by Zio Giovanni, a monsignor in Naples dressed from head to toe in black except for a red pom-pom atop his hat; chasing pigeons around St. Marks in Venice as a toddler; experimenting as a teenager with copious amounts of wine and mozzarella; and backpacking through Europe as a young adult. In Milan, John grew into the role of a self-described expert on a society that continues to baffle him (and everyone else who writes authoritatively on the subject).