9 Days in Rome by Julian Gould
What does a laid-off senior govt dwelling in Milan, 16 highschool college students from Atlanta, their three lecturers and the Everlasting Metropolis of Rome all have in frequent? Not a lot at first look.
When the Everlasting Metropolis beckons, it’s not simply historical past that stirs; it’s the secrets and techniques that yearn to be unraveled.
That’s the foundation behind 9 Days in Rome, a novel by Julian Gould that’s part-biographical and part-reflective of the dynamics of individuals and the relationships thrown into it.
The senior govt, Atticus Winterle, finds himself compelled to make use of all of his individuals expertise together with chosen native sources to maintain the children and lecturers on monitor and out of hassle — to the extent potential. Regardless of, or maybe due to, the strenuous efforts he should undertake to maintain issues from falling aside, he finds that each the youngsters and the adults — together with himself — develop nearer and even study from the experiences they share within the Italian capital.
Whereas the occasions the guide chronicles might seem to be fare for a Las Vegas misplaced weekend, the takeaway from these experiences is that individuals of all ages can study and develop in response to difficult circumstances.
Listed here are some insights concerning the guide shared by the writer:
Q: The place did you get the concept for this guide?
A: The guide is predicated on private expertise, with about 75 % reality and 25 % of it fiction.
Q: Give us a quick overview of the principle storyline.
A: Atticus Winterle, a disgruntled profession man, takes on the “project” of chaperoning a gaggle of highschool seniors and their three lecturers from Atlanta, GA, on a two-week tour of Rome. From his preparing for this undesirable process to the primary assembly between Atticus and the group, we have now the feeling that nothing optimistic can happen between two such distant and distinct worlds. As the times progress, nevertheless, the ice begins to soften and Atticus finds himself an increasing number of concerned in every of those individuals’s lives. With some, profoundly. There are moments of nice pleasure as there are moments of nice disappointment. That is life, in spite of everything. How will Atticus be modified as a human being after this “project” and what’s going to the lecturers and the scholars particularly come away with after these two weeks in his firm? Did the Everlasting Metropolis have a component to play in any of this? Most assuredly, sure.
Q: Inform us extra about Atticus. Who’s he? What drives him? Was there a selected inspiration for creating his character?
A: The character of Atticus is biographical in some ways. He’s a senior govt who has been laid off from a profitable place seemingly a sufferer of the monetary disaster gripping the globe since mid-2008. With excessive reluctance, he accepts what he believes to be an insignificant and meaningless job provided by a detailed good friend: to chaperone a gaggle of highschool college students and their lecturers to Rome. Thus, Atticus’s world runs into an unknown galaxy: the teenage style.
Between doing what a chaperone ought to do, Atticus turns into, at first, an unwilling listener. As soon as the group understands that somebody is definitely taking the time to lend a pleasant ear, the flood gates break free and Atticus is swept away by a tidal wave of feelings. What springs forth from this uncommon assembly mitigates a number of the ache inside these fragile human beings. When the group leaves Rome, our protagonist is a modified individual.
Q: Is the guide making some form of assertion concerning the youngsters who’re on this tour? What will we find out about them?
A: It comes right down to this: dangerous selections result in dangerous outcomes, and dangerous parenting is mirrored within the conduct of kids.
Q: What about your personal background aided in penning this guide?
A: My background IS the guide.
Q: What do you hope readers will take away from studying this guide?
A: Aren’t there already sufficient books out there that cowl family-related issues together with teenage points, drug and alcohol abuse, melancholy, uncommon sexual conduct, simply to call a couple of? Completely. But by providing a story from somebody who has skilled a lot of the eventualities on this story, readers hopefully will achieve a contemporary and genuine perspective on life and reap the advantages from it.
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Julian Gould is a seasoned enterprise govt with over forty years’ expertise in Gross sales, Advertising and marketing and Common Administration. Married with three youngsters, he resides in Florida and Milan, Italy. His hobbies embody writing, cooking and studying. 9 Days in Rome is his first novel.
Publish Date: November 14, 2023
Style: Fiction
Writer: Julian Gould
Web page Rely: 890 pages
Writer: Story Leaders
ISBN: 9781637350119