This is the book on which is based the popular Broadway musical that
has won six Tony Awards.

The Light in the Piazza takes place in Italy in the summer of 1953.
Margaret Johnson and her beautiful, twenty-six-year-old daughter, Clara, are touring the
Tuscan countryside. While sightseeing, Clara meets a good-looking young Italian man,
Fabrizio, and quickly embarks on a whirlwind romance with him, despite her mother's
stern disapproval.

Margaret, extremely protective of her daughter, attempts to keep Clara and Fabrizio apart,
not only because of the cultural differences between the young lovers but also because
of a family secret that would be revealed: Clara is not quite all that she appears. Considering
whether to inform Fabrizio and his family of the truth about Clara, Margaret realizes that it
could possibly spoil her daughter's one true chance for happiness.

Elizabeth Spencer was born in Mississippi in 1921. Her first book, Fire in the Morning, was published in 1948. The Light in the Piazza (1960), the first work to bring her widespread acclaim, was, like her other works, distinguished by fine craftsmanship and intense plots that reveal the essential nature of the characters.

Hillary Huber is one of the most successful voice talents in Los Angeles. For Blackstone Audiobooks, she has read A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir, Going to Bend by Diane Hammond, and Season of the Snake by Claire Davis.