![]() ![]() Above all, her observations about being at home in two very different cultures are sharp and wise. ![]() Not the least of the charms of her book are the recipes for delicious meals she has made. In 1996 Frances Mayes published Under the Tuscan Sun, a memoir about buying, renovating and living in an abandoned villa in rural Cortona. A poet, food-and-travel writer, Italophile and chair of the creative writing department at San Francisco State University, Mayes is a fine wordsmith and an exemplary companion whose delight in a brick floor she has just waxed is as contagious as her pleasure in the landscape, architecture and life of the village. With this book in 1996, Frances Mayes did for north central Italy what Peter Mayle had done a few. The recently divorced author is euphoric about the old house in the Tuscan hills that she and her new lover renovated and now live in during summer vacations and on holidays. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of Under the Tuscan Sun. Under the Tuscan Sun: Frances Mayes: 9781664626317: : Books Enjoy fast, FREE delivery, exclusive deals and award-winning movies & TV shows with Prime Try Prime and start saving today with Fast, FREE Delivery Buy new: 33.94 List Price: 44.99 Save: 11.05 (25) FREE Returns FREE delivery Monday, May 8 Or fastest delivery Wednesday, May 3. But here she finds considerably more to say about it than that, all of it so enchanting that an armchair traveler will find it hard to resist jumping out of the chair and following in her footsteps. ![]() Mayes's favorite guide to Northern Italy allots seven pages to the town of Cortona, where she owns a house. ![]()
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