| About this book Frances
Mayes, whose enchanting #1 New York Times bestseller
Under the Tuscan Sun made the world fall in
love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful
new season of friendship, festivity, and food, there
and throughout Italy.
A companion volume to Under the Tuscan Sun,
Bella Tuscany is Frances Mayes's 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 her 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. |
