The affluent years / John Sargeant.

"Giorgia Moretti grew up as a happy go lucky child on the banks of Lake Trasimene in Italy with her war-widowed mother. It was there she enjoyed the freedoms that life and time offered and she relished her innocent life knowing she had everything, except for a father. Now, as an internationally famous model, businesswoman and art collector, she travels the world showing her latest fashion collections or buying art. At a chance meeting in Berlin, one single comment from a stranger changes her life forever and takes her half-way around the world to New Zealand and Australia with her seriously ill daughter. Fate takes her from a life of high luxury to the gritty reality of life in Rotorua where poverty and the ability to survive, not only physically, but mentally are tested as the two cultures clash as she seeks that which she desires the most. But what Giorgia struggles to have and can never buy is freely given as when her world crumbles around her, she finds sanctuary in the most unlikely of places and from a family she never knew she had. Set in France, Italy and New Zealand, this fifth book in the series. It is a story about the hedonistic times of the nineteen eighties where self-indulgence and affluence were there for those who 'made it'. For those who had not, it was a time of poverty and sacrifice. It is also a story about hope and tenacity and knowing that when adversity strikes, it is family who matter the most, regardless of status or background."--