Sunday Sojourn – Tuscany
I was thrilled to be invited by Jennifer C Wilson to contribute to her Sunday Sojourn series. Come with us today on a virtual trip to north Tuscany where The Silence is set!
Having been watching BBC 2’s Second Chance Summer in Tuscany, and dreaming of running away to a dream life in Italy, I’ve been looking forward to hosting my guest today, Katharine Johnson, to talk about her upcoming novel’s inspiration…
Hello Jennifer and thank you for inviting me onto your blog. I love reading your Sunday sojourns so it’s a real treat to be taking part in one.
Today I’d like to take you to Tuscany where my psychological/coming of age novel the silence is set.
Most people probably associate Tuscany with the gentle rolling hills, art cities and cypress-lined roads around Siena that we see on calendars and postcards. But the landscape in north Tuscany where my novel is set is wilder and less hospitable with jagged mountains, narrow gorges and thick forests. The hills are crowned by Medieval villages which are enveloped by cloud some of the year and can…
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