Enchanted April

A recipe for happiness: four women, one medieval Italian castle, plenty of wisteria, and solitude as needed.The women at the center ofThe Enchanted Aprilare alike only in their dissatisfaction with their everyday lives.

They find each otherand the castle of their dreamsthrough a classified ad in a London newspaper one rainy February afternoon.

The ladies expect a pleasant holiday, but they don't anticipate that the month they spend in Portofino will reintroduce them to their true natures and reacquaint them with joy.

Now, if the same transformation can be worked on their husbands and lovers, the enchantment will be complete.The Enchanted Aprilwas a best-seller in both England and the United States, where it was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection, and set off a craze for tourism to Portofino.

More recently, the novel has been the inspiration for a major film and a Broadway play.