If you would like to read this because you liked the movie, DON'T. This book is all about recipes, house makeovers and Italian lifestyle. And that's it. If you like it, ok, but there's no relevant plot.
For some reason I got half-way through this book and am bored to tears. I can usually push through to the end but I just cannot bring myself to continue. I am just not into it. Sorry Rachel
For some reason I was expecting a romance. It is, perhaps, about a love affair with Tuscany and with the house the author bought. The book is simply a memoir of a few years' worth of restoration work on her house in Tuscany, and exploring the surrounding countryside. Perhaps if I were planning a ...
I read this first years ago, liked it, and so held on to it. When going through books trying to figure out what to keep and what to ditch this was a pretty early choice into the giveaway box. But, then I decided to read a couple pages and almost fell in love again. This continued for almost the firs...
Uggg, pure women's lit..I am fascinated with Tuscany and read this for the Tuscan scenes..it was not enough to keep my interest though. I was really, really bored by this book.
Unabridged AudiobookReader: Barbara Carusoblurb - Frances Mayes, a gourmet cook, travel writer, and poet, bought herself a crumbling 17-room villa in the Italian countryside. It changed her life and renewed her spirit. Her immensely appealing chronicle of the experience, and of her romantic relation...
I bought this book hoping it would be like the movie. It was not. Not even close. Ok. I thought I could deal with that and read it. I started and was immediately overtaken with the beautiful prose. Her luscious descriptions of the food and the landscape was almost enough to transport me to Tuscany. ...
I have some difficulty with books about Americans moving to small European villages and trying to fit in. While this book wasn't nearly as condescending as A Year in Provence, it still smacks of that fawning love affair we have with European villages, as though they are quaint little doll's houses w...
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