FRANCES MAYES is the author of a series of Tuscany memoirs, including Every Day in Tuscany and Bella Tuscany; the travel memoir A Year in the World; the illustrated books In Tuscany and Bringing Tuscany Home; Swan, a novel; The Discovery of Poetry, a text for readers; five books of poetry; and most recently a southern memoir, Under Magnolia. She divides her time between homes in Italy and North Carolina.
A New York Times Notable Book
"This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in
Italy. loving a house and, always, the pleasures of food, would
make a perfect gift for a loved one. But it's so delicious, read it
first yourself."
--USA Today "Irresistible...a sensous book for a sensous
countryside."
--Minneapolis Star-Tribune "An intense celebration of what [Mayes]
calls 'the voluptuousness of Italian life' . . . appealing and very
vivid . . . [The] book seems like the kind of thing you'd tuck into
a picnic basket on an August day . . . or better yet, keep handy on
the bedside table in the depths of January."
--New York Times Book Review
"Armchair travel at its most enticing."
--Booklist "Mayes [has] perfect vision. . . . I do not doubt that
centuries form now, whoever lives in Bramasole will one day uncover
bits of pottery used at Mayes' table. She has, by the sweat of her
brow and the strength of her vision, become a layer in the history
of this place."
--Los Angeles Times "After buying a rundown villa in rural
Tuscany, the American author Frances Mayes moves to Cortona to
renovate the property and learn more about the Italian dolce vita.
Her bestselling memoir on her time there paints a vivid description
of the town, the people and the lush surrounding countryside of
rolling hills and vineyards. A poet and a gourmet cook, Mayes
includes a number of chapters on food, replete with classic Italian
recipes to further whet the appetite."
--Irish Times
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