How I long for a Tuscan villa! I'm glad for books like this, because they make it possible for me to create my own little bit of Tuscany right here. Loved the photos and recipes especially.
I thought this book was really good. I enjoyed the recipes that she put in the book. I only saw the movie, not knowing it was a book. Then, I read the book, totally not in line with the movie and vice versa. Yes, they stuck to some of the books characters, but Frances was still married when she and ...
Reading this memoir of an American woman who buys and renovates a three-story Italian Villa with her husband, I can understand why so many love and so many others hate the book. I feel mixed myself. To understand how readers feel, let me quote you her description of their new Summer residence, just ...
Reading this memoir, I see that the film adaptation was really only inspired by the book rather than based upon it. Still, both are entertaining individually. In this memoir, Frances Mayes tells of how she and her boyfriend Ed (now her husband) buy Bramasole, a run down villa in Cortona, Italy, the ...
I liked this book better than Under The Tuscan Sun (though that was a decent read as well). It wasn't really a 'year in the world' technically since all her travels were just in the Eastern Hemisphere, but the travels she does describe do make for interesting reading. I didn't always agree with Maye...
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