"Nine mesmerizing stories saturated in the details of Roman life that showcase Jhumpa Lahiri's extraordinary range and virtuosity"--

Two women—a reluctant botanist and a thief indentured to an English botanist—connected across time, catalog species growing through the jungle of the Roman Colosseum, calculating intangible threats and the ways repeated violence can upend women’s lives.

The orphan Madeline catches a thief and makes a friend in Rome.

Dodsworth and his duck companion have a lovely time in Rome, even though the duck tries to improve the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and takes all the coins from the Trevi Fountain.

Follows two Chihuahuas, Bella and Harry, as they tour Rome, Italy with their human family.

Fleeing to Rome in the wake of coming out to his Muslim family, a failed relationship and blackmail, 18-year-old Amir Azadi embarks on a more authentic life with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel before an encounter with a U.S. Customs officer places his hard-won freedom at risk.