After Lina was given the journal that her mother had kept during her time in Florence as a young woman, Lina refused to talk to Howard about their relationship. At the same time, she was angry because Howard had never been part of her life. Lina was conflicted when she arrived in Italy. It was Lina’s grandmother who told her that Howard was her father. The mother's dying wish was that Lina would go and live with Howard. It was on that same day that Hadley began telling Lina about Howard. Lina identified the day she learned that her mother had incurable, inoperable pancreatic cancer as the worst day of her life. Before her mother's final request, Lina had never heard the name Howard Mercer. In Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch, Carolina "Lina" Emerson must face the death of her mother, Hadley Emerson, from pancreatic cancer and fulfill her mother's final wish for Lina to meet Howard Mercer in Florence, Italy. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Welch, Jenna Evans.
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