
You Deserve Good Gelato
Reasons to Travel the World, Embrace Failure, and Do the Sh*t That Scares You
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Kacie Rose
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Kacie Rose
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
In this funny and honest feel-good memoir, social media star Kacie Rose offers a refreshingly honest take on navigating a new life abroad.
In 2021, Kacie decided to leave her life as a pro dancer in New York City and move to Italy–and she never looked back. Okay, that isn't strictly true… In You Deserve Good Gelato, Kacie reflects on everything from travel fails and homesickness to the joy of culture shocks and the power of doing the s*** that scares you. Because life is too short not to.
In this joyful memoir, you will find:
- Personal essays that tell Kacie’s story and empower you to challenge yourself
- A candid outlook on life as an expat, covering everything from the terror of driving on Italian roads to the trials of speaking a new language and the genuine beauty of a slower pace of life
- Inspirational quotes that encourage you to step out of your comfort zone
By sharing her personal stories of life under the Tuscan sun, Kacie explains how travel is a privilege, why cultural differences are the coolest things in the world, and how there's a positive you can take away from literally any situation. You Deserve Good Gelato will have you taking the leap and embracing this big beautiful world that we call home.
Kacie Rose is a travel content creator living in Florence, Italy. After a life-changing solo trip and her own little "under the Tuscan sun moment," she made the official move to Italy in January 2021. Through positivity, authenticity, and humour, she began sharing culture shocks, travel tips, and life abroad across her social media, where her following quickly grew to a community of over 1.5 million people.
From explaining why you won't find "pepperoni pizza" and "lattes" in Italy, to sharing how to order a coffee, figure out the train system, and find authentic gelato, Kacie's goal is to encourage and help her community travel abroad by showing them the beauty of cultural differences, all the while reminding them that they are strong, deserving, and so much more capable than they think they are.
©2024 Kacie Rose (P)2024 DK AudioListeners also enjoyed...
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Critic reviews
"In her signature voice, Kacie Rose writes the perfect armchair travel book that just might inspire you to book that flight. Inspirational, aspirational, and entertaining."—Tori Dunlap, NYT Bestselling author of Financial Feminist
“This book is a love story to Italy and to an Italian—but it’s also so much more. It‘s a friendly travel guide, a companion, a peek into Italian life from the voice of your best friend. Kacie Rose makes Italy and travel at large feel magical and difficult and honest. And most of all, she makes you want to keep reading.”—Danae Mercer, Health and Travel Journalist, Public Speaker and Self-love Activist
"In this refreshingly honest take on navigating a new life abroad. Social media star Kacie Rose offers a funny, joyful, and searingly honest account of the highs and lows of living abroad and traveling the world...By sharing her personal stories of life under the Tuscan sun, Kacie explains how travel is a privilege, why cultural differences are the coolest things in the world, and how there's a positive you can take away from literally any situation."—USA TODAY
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When Jane Bertch was seventeen, her mother took her on a graduation trip to Paris. Thrilled to use her high school French, Jane found her halting attempts greeted with withering condescension by every waiter and shopkeeper she encountered. At the end of the trip, she vowed she would never return.
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I waited for months for this and I'm so bored
- By Robert R. on 04-13-24
By: Jane Bertch
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A Comedy of Nobodies
- A Collection of Stories
- By: Baron Ryan
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- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Charlie knows he’s not the main character in his own story. He’s just another schmuck in the Ivy League looking to be somebody. He plays in a terrible jazz band, falls in love too easily, and struggles with the human being business. Written in a wry, comedic style, A Comedy of Nobodies: A Collection of Stories traces one fall semester in the lives of four typical but unforgettable university students who, as compensation for their existential anxieties, just want to feel understood.
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Brilliant in every way
- By Amazon Customer on 11-16-24
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I Hope This Finds You Well
- A Novel
- By: Natalie Sue
- Narrated by: Nasim Pedrad
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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As far as Jolene is concerned, her interactions with her colleagues should start and end with her official duties as an admin for Supershops, Inc. Unfortunately, her irritating, incompetent coworkers don’t seem to understand the importance of boundaries. Her secret to survival? She vents her grievances in petty email postscripts, then changes the text color to white so no one can see. That is until one of her secret messages is exposed. Her punishment: sensitivity training (led by the suspiciously friendly HR guy, Cliff) and rigorous email restrictions.
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I Hope You Listen to This Book
- By Amazon Customer on 11-24-24
By: Natalie Sue
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- Lindsey Campbell
- 06-09-24
One of the best books I've listened to
I have been following Kacie basically since she started her social media, so I might be a bit biased in this review. But I loved it. I had a very similar experience living in Italy during covid, so it was healing to hear her story. She also gives a candid view on cultural differences between the US and Italy. Listening to this book made me want to return to Italy even more.
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- DSW
- 06-01-24
Inspiring and Motivating!
This is by far one of my favorite books, and as a therapist, will be one of my books I recommend to clients. I subscribe to Kacie on YouTube, and was so excited for her book to come out. Each chapter was inspiring and motivating. I loved it!
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- Maggie
- 05-29-24
Wonderful!
A truly wonderful book read perfectly by the author! I enjoyed it and will listen again!
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-24
American Optimism at Its Best
Kacie encourages her readers to take a chance on something new, to be brave by telling her own story that starts with a solo trip to Italy. She is beautiful, and bright, inside and out.
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- Hazel Znidarcic
- 06-20-24
Loved the realness
I know what she is trying to achieve is to not be afraid of doing new things… to take risks…. I honestly just Reinforced the belief that we should all travel outside the USA and learn and embrace other cultures to learn and grow as people and stop being so oblivious thinking that the USA is the center of the world
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- Laura Lowe
- 07-14-24
Inspirational story that is funny and emotional and very real.
I liked everything. It made me laugh and cry and cheer for the author. She brought us on a journey with her!
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- Kathleen Cullinan
- 06-06-24
Ode to the Beauty of All Things Italian
Having just gotten back to the U.S. after a week long trip to Italy (which ended with guilt-free morning breakfast gelato on the last day) this book affirmed all of the reasons why I want to go back for another visit! I appreciated the honest reflections about the challenges faced in an unfamiliar place and the encouragement that Kacie provides to “Do the stuff that scares you”. I found myself smiling throughout listening to her story as if she were sitting at my table, sharing a Spritz and telling me about her life.
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- Emily Currin
- 09-11-24
Feel good read!
It started strong and ended strong, and a few points along the way I liked. A few times it felt repetitive, but overall there is good advice and good points made for getting out of your comfort zone! Would recommend:)
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- Ainslee1777
- 12-10-24
Beautiful Life Lessons & Encouragement to Live Fearlessly
Kacie, I am so darn proud of you for writing this book, for stepping out in courage to live more boldly, for understanding you have a voice & using it. This book is beautiful. Each chapter was so special and following asking on your journey (on social media) has been so special. You are a wholesome gem. You have emboldened so many people to visit Italy / travel somewhere and I know this book is going to help a lot of people to see the world a little differently. *Different good* This book also makes me want to go back to Italy ASAP. Cheers!
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- Melissa L. Thomson
- 06-18-24
Relatable
Even being a self-sufficient extrovert, Kacie’s experiences are completely relatable to this dependent introvert. I love love love everything Italian! However, it is frustrating how stressful it is to retain the language and not be constantly worn out from thinking, translating and speaking Italian. One of the many silver linings is encountering the friendly patience Italians have with me in continuing to try. The feeling of victory (and relief) washes over me when I successfully have a pleasant conversation and maybe even throw in un piccolo scherzo and elicit a smile. I will keep at it!! Thank you for your naked vulnerability- like at the Italian gynecologist!
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