A somewhat futile attempt to make sense of life in Italy by pinning bizarre happenings down like butterflies* for observation and further study.

*no butterflies were harmed in the making of this series

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Utopia: An Italian Study is one woman’s personal narrative of coming to terms with the quirks of living in bella Italia.

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About Ash

Ashlinn is a book-reading, coffee-drinking, world-exploring human who lives with Adam (also a human) and Ziggy Stardust (a cat) in the stunning city of Turin. She tries to write every day and is always juggling at least three projects & four novels. She is also the creator and host of the she existed. podcast, which shares a new story of an obscure woman of history and/or legend every few weeks.

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