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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Alert to all you people who like plots and actual things tohappen in a book, this book has none! That said, I really enjoyed reading it. It's just this vivid description of a couple who buys an old house in Tuscany and restores it along with the surrounding land. It includes lucious recipes and descriptions of the little towns in the area. Made me want to cook with fresh produce and grow things. ( )One of my favorite "tub" reads. Ah, the best thing is that Italy is exactly like this... Don't read unless you're planning a trip to Italia soon, otherwise it will break your heart. A book in which an overpriviliged American buys a house in Italy, where everything is wonderful except for one thing: those pesky Italians. Her writing is unbearably snobbish, selfish, and arrogant. I was so angry I couldn't finish the book. Slow. More recipes than story. Story of a divorce women who goes to Italy to discover herself. 0.113 seconds to build listing no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 055381611X, Paperback)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.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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