Stella has life under control - and that\"s the way she likes it. For twenty-five years, she\"s been trusted assistant to a legendary fashion designer but after her boss dies suddenly, she\"s left with nothing to do apart from clear the studio. It seems as though the life she wanted has vanished....

\"This isn\"t a mid-life crisis OK? For a start I\"m not old enough yet to have one of those. I\"m calling it a happiness project. I\"ve stolen an entire summer from my life and by the time it\"s over I plan to leave this place with a list in my hand. The ten things that make me happy, that\"s all I want to know. How difficult can it be?...

In a remote Sicilian mountain town, four women arrive at a cookery school, each at a turning point in their lives. Moll is a foodie and an exhausted working mum on the holiday of a lifetime. Tricia, a top London lawyer, is taking a break from the demands of her job and her family....

Love happens when you least expect it... Assunta has given up on love. She might run her little trattoria in the most romantic mountain town in Italy, but love just seems to have passed her by. Sarah-Jane is finished with love....

It is the 1950s and Rome is a city full of life, music and desire. It is the place that Serafina has always known, sharing a tiny apartment with her mother and sisters, surviving on little, but supporting each other. When they get the chance, the sisters go singing in the nearest piazza, busking for spare change and cinema tickets....

Pieta Martinelli\'s sister is getting married. Since she is a bridal designer it falls to her to make the wedding gown. But Pieta is distracted by a series of unanswered questions. Why is her father feuding with another Italian in the......