Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Not much more to say. As you journey through Tuscany with Mayes, through a year of changing seasons, what specific images have left an indelible imprint on your mind? "A love letter to Italy written in precise and passionate language of near poetic density...A book to treasure, as the author so clearly treasures the life she engraves on our hearts." A sabbatical from teaching in San Francisco allowed her to return to Cortona--and her beloved house, Bramasole--just as the first green appeared on the rocky hillsides. Have you been to Tuscany? Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.
Fall in love with senator Wolfe Keaton today! Frances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food there and throughout Italy. Although I am not finished with it yet, it is more of the same wonderfully lyrical writing that I found in Under the Tuscan Sun. But then again, I was always interested as much in the house rebuilding project as I was in Tuscany itself, so that prejudiced me a bit. And then she tops it off with mouth-watering recipes sprinkled throughout the book. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness.Sorry, we failed to record your vote. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 29, 2017 A great book---I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Italy or planning to visit Italy. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 17, 2019This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Sometimes, too, a tad annoying. Although I am not finished with it yet, it is more of the same wonderfully lyrical writing that I found in Under the Tuscan Sun.
Another excellent book by Frances Mayes. See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy If you are planning to travel to Italy they have some good advice on what to see, what to avoid and even when to travel. The author really should have paid for an actress to read the book, because her reading is excrutiatingly boring, totally monotone with sentences, paragraphs and chapters leading straight from one into another without any change in tone or pace so that you never know where one finishes and another begins. ""So enchanting that an armchair traveler will find it hard to resist jumping out of the chair and following in her footsteps. Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir The regenerative power of nature explodes in every weed, stalk, branch. This sequel to Mayes's bestselling Under the Tuscan Sun, about her second home and life reborn in Tuscany, doesn't preserve Fellinis spirit either, though her account is inevitably charming. Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition . Follow up book to Under the Tuscan Sun, more details about Italy and different places that she travels to. Having visited Italy several times from Genoa & Venice in the north to Naples, Capri and others in the south, Frances Mayes has really nailed it in describing life in Italy and the Italian people. If you are planning to travel to Italy they have some good advice on what to see, what to avoid and even when to travel. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2019 I love her dishes and serving style. This is the second book I have read by Frances Mayes (the first being Under the Tuscan Sun), and it was as delightful as the first one. I am thoroughly enjoying this book, and taking my time to read it, like savoring a fine wine. Also when she is speaking for Italian characters, there is no Italian accent even attempted at so that every character has the same soft southern American drawl.. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Please try again. Bramasole is in perpetual need of repair.