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Learn moreFrances Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites readers back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there and throughout Italy.
Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of primavera, an Italian spring. A sabbatical from teaching in San Francisco allowed her to return to Cortona—and her beloved house, Bramasole—just as the first green appeared on the rocky hillsides.
Bella Tuscany, a companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun, is her passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people, the joys of art, food, and wine, and the rewards and occasional heartbreaks of her villa's ongoing restoration. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasole's lush gardens, meets the challenges of learning a new language, tours regions from Sicily to the Veneto, and faces transitions in her family life.
Filled with recipes from her Tuscan kitchen and written in the sensuous and evocative prose that has become her hallmark, Bella Tuscany is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy.
In addition to her other Tuscany memoirs, Under the Tuscan Sun and In Tuscany, Frances Mayes is the author of Swan, a novel, The Discovery of Poetry, a text for readers, and five books of poetry, most recently Ex Voto. A frequent contributor to food and travel publications, she divides her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Cortona, Italy.
In addition to her other Tuscany memoirs, Under the Tuscan Sun and In Tuscany, Frances Mayes is the author of Swan, a novel, The Discovery of Poetry, a text for readers, and five books of poetry, most recently Ex Voto. A frequent contributor to food and travel publications, she divides her time between the San Francisco Bay Area and Cortona, Italy.
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Critical Acclaim for Frances Mayes and Under the Tuscan Sun:"Tuscany may have found its own bard in Frances Mayes."
--New York Times
"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
"So enchanting that an armchair traveler will find it hard to resist jumping out of the chair and following in her footsteps."
--Publishers Weekly
"Graceful . . . at once joyful and full of common sense . . . as intimate as a lover's whisper, honest and true."
--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"Irresistible . . . a sensuous book for a sensuous countryside."
--Minneapolis Star-Tribune Expand reviews
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