false 480479 20 In this memoir of her buying, renovating, and living in an abandoned villa in Tuscany, Frances Mayes reveals the sensual pleasure she found living in rural Italy, and the generous spirit she brought with her. She revels in the sunlight and the color, the long view of her valley, the warm homey architecture, the languor of the slow paced days, the vigor of working her garden, and the intimacy of her dealings with the locals. Cooking, gardening, tiling and painting are never chores, but skills to be learned, arts to be practiced, and above all to be enjoyed. At the same time Mayes brings a literary and intellectual mind to bear on the experience, adding depth to this account of her enticing rural idyll. 940760 1996 Under the Tuscan Sun total:29136|5:6456|4:8633|3:8861|2:3321|1:1864| 29136 101903 43469 877 1 5 false false Sat Sep 29 23:48:31 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 19 01:48:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 3 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 22 15:07:02 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 19:25:34 -0800 2007 more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 22:37:55 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 22:58:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 07:53:08 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 08:08:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 true false Mon Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 09 12:42:37 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 20:14:59 -0700 2008
Review: Open up a "Sunset" or a "National Geographic Traveler" magazine, and imagine reading a beautifully descriptive & evocative 6-page essay on what ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Fri Jan 11 01:23:08 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 03:41:28 -0800 2008 don't think much of this book, but it totally appeals to my utterly romantic
notions of running away to live in Europe someday....sigh.... ;-) Haven't
been to Italy yet, but this book *was* largely responsible fo...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 10 09:48:12 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 09:28:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sun Oct 19 07:32:12 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 19 07:41:32 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Jan 02 18:55:16 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:58:35 -0800 2009
So first of all, this is not a novel. It's a woman's journal of the purchase and clean up of an old house in Tuscany. It includes recipes, gardening directions, weather reports, menus, etc. And if that's what you were exp...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Dec 05 14:40:48 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 15:17:55 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Oct 07 08:57:59 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:58:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 16:34:56 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 16:59:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 19 19:58:26 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 19:59:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Wed Feb 27 12:21:10 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 12:23:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 07 21:59:07 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 22:09:25 -0800 2008
I thoroughly enjoyed reading about her adventures buying an old farmhouse in Tuscany and restoring it. My husband was worried that...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 18:57:29 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 05:55:57 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 3 false false Tue Apr 22 17:24:58 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 22:43:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 14:29:58 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 14:30:15 -0700 2009 Unfortuna...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 13 07:37:50 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 21:13:10 -0700 2009
First off, the film and the book share a name and that's about it. The real Frances Mayes writes about her experiences in traveling to Tusc...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 21:22:02 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 21:38:26 -0700 2009 more...]]>