What Sally Gable thought she wanted was a summer house in New Hampshire. What she found and learned to love was a new life in a beautiful and celeb...
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Apr 13, 2009
Cathy
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A very pleasant, enjoyable "getaway" book about a couple who buys a classic villa in southern Italy. The 500-year-old house was designed by Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, and it is remarkably intact and in good shape. The Gables, from Atlanta, kind of get a Frances Mayes feeling to get an Italian home, but luckily they don't have to completely overhaul like she does. And theirs is a huge vacation home, not just a nice cabin or second home to get away to; they started looking in
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Apr 05, 2011
Carlisle
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I found this book at my local Goodwill and purchased it on a whim. I trust my North Buckhead neighbors' taste in literature. I was excited to read about fellow Atlantan's adventure to purchase an Italian Villa, especially one designed by Palladio. I learned about Palladio and his influence while studying the History of Art and Architecture in Greece and Italy 3 summers ago. When I brought the book home and opened it up I was excited to see it was a signed copy. How nifty!
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May 10, 2010
Norah
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Didn't end up finishing it...got too bogged down in little details for me.
Nov 26, 2011
Sienamystic
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A reread. This is another book in the "buy a house in Italy, rediscover life" genre, which I sometimes gently poke fun at but would truly kill to emulate. It's a quieter book, with a little more focus on the famous architect who designed the Villa Cornaro and less focus on the busy dust of rebuilding (since the villa did not need much work done). It's got a quiet humor and a self-deprecating style which makes it a lovely book to fall into for a few hours of escape.
Jan 17, 2008
Travis
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Great subject for a memoir. I wish it focused more on architecture though. I lost interest the farther I got into it.
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