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Coins in the Fountain
John H. Secondari
A Daughter's Tribute
Recipes
Bookclub Resources
Contact
Buy the book!
Coins in the Fountain
John H. Secondari
A Daughter's Tribute
Recipes
Bookclub Resources
Contact
Buy the book!
John H. Secondari
A Daughter's Tribute
Recipes
Bookclub Resources
Contact
Buy the book!

The Book That Inspired the Movie

Before Frank Sinatra sang. Before the Trevi Fountain overflowed with wishes. Before it became a Hollywood classic — Coins in the Fountain was a novel. This is where the story began.

In 1954, Three Coins in the Fountain became a Hollywood sensation, winning the Academy Award for Best Song and catapulting Rome’s Trevi Fountain into global legend. But the story began here — with the novel Coins in the Fountain, published two years earlier by John H. Secondari.

“Entertaining, smart first novel packed with crackling Americanese about Rome, which turns out to be the Paris of post WWII Europe. “

— Publishers Weekly, October 11, 1952

First published in 1952 and out of print for more than sixty years, Coins in the Fountain is finally back in print and available to buy!

The new edition has extras!

  • A new foreword by John H. Secondari’s daughter, Linda

  • Retro Italian cocktail recipes

  • Cicchetti + Aperitivi (snacks) recipes to help you get into “la dolce vita” vibe!

    368 page Paperback: $24.50. Ebook: $8.99

Coins in the Fountain

John H. Secondari
A Daughter’s Tribute
Recipes
Bookclub Resources
Contact

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