First published 2009
After falling for Tuscany in her bestsellers, Frances Mayes deepens her connection to the region. She renovates a 13th-century home in the mountains above Cortona, discovering a "wilder" side of the countryside and its people. Mayes savors the simple pleasures of Italian life - sipping wine in the piazza, painting with Signorelli's masterpieces, and feasting from her own garden. Through it all, she reckons with the changes in her life and the rich, sensual pull of her adopted home.
Genres: italy, travel, memoir, biography-memoir, cooking, food-and-drink
Vibes: emotional, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, personal-journey
Setting: Cortona, Italy, Tuscany
301 pages · Hardcover · Broadway Books