Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved memoir of self-discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane—now in a twentieth-anniversary edition featuring a new afterword
“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
For more Frances Mayes, including a tour of her now iconic Cortona home, Bramasole, watch PBS’s Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special!
More than twenty years ago, Frances Mayes—widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer—introduced readers to a wondrous new world when she bought and restored an abandoned Tuscan villa called Bramasole. Under the Tuscan Sun inspired generations to embark on their own journeys—whether that be flying to a foreign country in search of themselves, savoring one of the book’s dozens of delicious seasonal recipes, or simply being transported by Mayes’s signature evocative, sensory language. Now with a new afterword from Frances Mayes, the twentieth-anniversary edition of Under the Tuscan Sun revisits the book’s most popular characters.
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Community Reviews
A book about an English professor who teaches at San Francisco State University.
She buys a villa in Italy and begins the restoration.
She yells about dealing with small town workers and the difficulties of trying to get work done in a foreign country whose laws and customs are diferentes from the USA.
An added bonus are recipes native to the region she is in.
The movie does NOT follow the book. I attempted to watch but the pc changes did not appeal to me.
She buys a villa in Italy and begins the restoration.
She yells about dealing with small town workers and the difficulties of trying to get work done in a foreign country whose laws and customs are diferentes from the USA.
An added bonus are recipes native to the region she is in.
The movie does NOT follow the book. I attempted to watch but the pc changes did not appeal to me.
A delightful travel book about weaving oneself into the heart of Italy.
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