Frances Mayes is the author of the now-classic Under the Tuscan Sun, which was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years and became a Touchstone movie starring Diane Lane. Other international bestsellers include: Bella Tuscany, Everyday in Tuscany, A Year in the World, and three illustrated books: In Tuscany, Bringing Tuscany Home, and The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. She is also the author of two novels, Swan and Women in Sunlight. She has written six books of poetry and The Discovery of Poetry. The most recent books are See You in the Piazza and Always Italy. Her books have been translated into more than fifty languages.
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“An intense celebration of what [Mayes] calls 'the voluptuousness
of Italian life'...appealing and very vivid...[The] book seems like
the kind of thing you'd tuck into a picnic basket on an August
day...or better yet, keep handy on the bedside table in the depths
of January.”
—New York Times Book Review
“This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in
Italy, loving a house, and, always, the pleasures of food, would
make a perfect gift for a loved one. But it's so delicious, read it
first yourself.”
—USA Today
“Mayes [has] perfect vision...I do not doubt that centuries from
now, whoever lives in Bramasole will one day uncover bits of
pottery used at Mayes's table. She has, by the sweat of her brow
and the strength of her vision, become a layer in the history of
this place.”
—Los Angeles Times
“Irresistible...a sensuous book for a sensuous countryside.”
—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“[A] parade of art, food, elemental landscape and abiding
camaraderie...stir[s] the reader’s gastric juices with luscious
tales...Food is the pivot around which her days swing, and Mayes
serves it forth with brio and dash-and recipes.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Mayes’s affectionate and warm memoir vividly celebrates the lush
abundance and charm of daily life in the Italian countryside.”
—Publisher's Weekly
“The woman who singlehandedly started the travel-memoir craze
returns with more on her life in Tuscany...With a four-city tour;
can't miss.”
—Library Journal
“We’re right there with Mayes, fighting every urge to jump straight
into these sun-soaked and citrus-scented pages...Mayes is generous
with her thoughts, and her evocative writing simply oozes charm and
warmth. In these times, this quick read is a thoroughly enjoyable
way to visit Italy without once considering the heartbreaking
dollar-to-euro conversion rate.”
—Booklist
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