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"The woman who single-handedly started the travel-memoir craze returns with more on her life in Tuscany, including her purchase and renovation of a new house in a 13th-century village . . . can't miss." —Library Journal

"Her evocative writing simply oozes charm and warmth. In these times, this quick read is a thoroughly enjoyable way to visit Italy without once considering the heartbreaking dollar-to-euro conversion rate." —Booklist

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An Interview with Frances Mayes

Q: Every Day in Tuscany is your third book set in the small town of Cortona. What attracts you to the memoir form?

FM: I love the immediacy of present-tense writing. Italy equals happiness to me and I like the challenge of writing about that state of being. In the books of poetry I wrote before my Italian life began, I was exploring the dark side—and that went on for many years. Yeats says that when he changed his syntax he changed his world. When I changed my world, my genre quickly shifted. This was a big surprise and gift.

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"Mayes continues to gather voluptuous memories in Tuscany . . . and Umbria, Liguria, the Marche, and beyond . . . the sensualist in full bloom." —Kirkus Reviews

Calling All Reading Groups!
Make your next reading group a night to remember. Cook an All-Out Tuscan Feast with recipes from Every Day in Tuscany. Enjoy a menu suggested by Frances Mayes while sharing your thoughts on the book.

Sample question from the Every Day in Tuscany readers' guide:

In the opening pages of Every Day in Tuscany, Frances Mayes describes an unsettling dream she's had in which she must choose between her house, Bramasole, and her right arm. How does she grapple with her sometimes conflicting feelings about Bramasole? What spurs her to occasionally consider living without it? What makes our relationships to our homes very different from relationships with other material possessions?

"Mayes's affectionate and warm memoir vividly celebrates the lush abundance and charm of daily life in the Italian countryside."—Publishers Weekly

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