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Coins in the Fountain

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Coins in the FountainBefore the Oscar winning film. Before millions of wishes were tossed into the Trevi Fountain. Before Rome became the dream destination of romantics and wanderers the world over, there was Coins in the Fountain. First published in 1952, John H. Secondari's luminous debut novel captured hearts around the world and helped spark a global fascination with Rome's most famous fountain. Set in the vibrant years following World War II, the story follows four

Before the Oscar-winning film. Before millions of wishes were tossed into the Trevi Fountain. Before Rome became the dream destination of romantics and wanderers the world over, there was Coins in the Fountain.

 

First published in 1952, John H. Secondari's luminous debut novel captured hearts around the world and helped spark a global fascination with Rome's most famous fountain. Set in the vibrant years following World War II, the story follows four American women-Priscilla, Anita, Virginia, and Theresa-drawn to the Eternal City in search of reinvention. Sharing an apartment overlooking the rooftops of Rome, they pursue love, independence, and meaning in a city still rebuilding yet shimmering with possibility.

 

As they fall in and out of love, challenge convention, and wander through sunlit piazzas and shadowed ruins, each woman confronts the tension between romantic fantasy and emotional truth. Their friendships deepen even as their desires pull them in different directions. With warmth, wit, and keen observation, Secondari captures the exhilaration and vulnerability of Americans abroad at a moment when travel promised transformation.

 

Written with breezy yet emotionally resonant prose, this expat romance offers a portrait of international glamour tempered by uncertainty, and of women quietly claiming autonomy in a changing world. Rome itself emerges as a central presence-its caf

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Justin Pitcock
Cuba, US
★★★★★ 5
Deep study- excellent read
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Would recommend this carefully crafted book by a biblical scholar. The book wrestles salvation, identity, and purpose as written in Paul’s letter to the Romans.
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Chris Carson
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★★★★★ 4
A slow journey worth taking
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I found this book by accident and loved the title so I “got on board.” It too a bit to get “this train” moving but as Beverly Roberts Gaventa built steam I became more and more engaged with Romans and her engagement with it. I highly recommend reading this to get a full view of Romans and all it has to give us. Thank you For taking me with you on this journey.
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N. Brasfield
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Fresh, exciting, energizing insights on Romans
I was delightfully surprised by the fresh insights of deep significance that Gaventa uncovers in the book of Romans, of all things--that book about which so, so much has already been written. She helps the reader approach the letter's themes as if one were reading it for the first time with 1st-century lenses, and in the process expands and reorients the reader's understanding of salvation, and the question of why Paul is even writing in the first place. The 21st-century repercussions of what Gaventa presents here would take another volume, but she does at points connect some of these dots herself. One notable reason why Gaventa's reading seems so fresh is that while it touches on them very briefly, but doesn't dwell on so many of the recurrent topics in recent discussions on Paul, such as "faith/fulness of Christ" or "works of the law" or "righteousness/justice of God." She simply helps focus attention on what to keep in mind when reading Romans in order to understand what is happening in and through its complex arguments. And I couldn't put it down until I finished. Although I would otherwise say we need another Romans commentary like we need rocks in our shoes, it offers much promise that Gaventa's big commentary which she is producing might very well revolutionize our understanding of aspects of Romans, and perhaps even Paul in general. At the very least, if it expands on what she has already given us in this slim volume, it will absolutely reenergize our engagement with this part of the New Testament.
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Old Grand-dad
Lexington, US
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When in Romans, stay a while…
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Too often what we have read is enough. Gave at challenges us to see new life in Romans. Worth reading.
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YH Chen
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Not Your Typical Biblical Commentary
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This is more like a sermon than a commentary as most people would expect commentaries to be. It examines the Book of Romans thematically, as the themes run throughout the book, illustrating the themes with popular culture and contextualized in contemporary church struggles. If you are expecting the chapter by chapter and verse by verse exegesis, you will not find it here. What you will find is helpful lens with which to understand the epistle.
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