One Summer in Venice: Nicky Pellegrino

`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? They may be small things - a perfect cup of coffee, a day without rain - or bigger ones. It`s still the beginning so how can I know?`

Addolorata Martinelli knows she should be happy. She has everything she thought she wanted - her own business, a husband, a child. So why does she feel as if something is missing? Then when her restaurant, Little Italy, is slated by a reviewer, she realises that she`s lost the one thing she thought she could always count on, her love of food.

So Addolorata heads to Venice for a summer alone, aiming to find the ten things that make her happy. Once she`s found them, she`ll construct a new life around her ten things, but will they include her life in London?