She captures with exceptional poetry and vivacity the extraordinary beauty of Tuscany. You bet" Mail on Sunday "Frances Mayes is a wonderful writer. 'Is this much happiness allowed?' she asks. After the dissolution of a long marriage, she celebrates Christmas in Italy with her grown-up daughter and her new partner. Above all, Mayes is an enthusiast for starting over. The author is a poet, good at evoking atmosphere and describing place a cook who collects appetizing winter and summer recipes an academic who sets her new home in its Roman and Etruscan context. What makes it special is the sustained note of joy in it joy in the beauty of the Tuscan countryside, the sights and sounds of daily life, the physical labour involved in the restoration of this 200-year-old villa and the five acres of land that go with it" Sunday Times "Like many delightful books, this account of restoring a Tuscan farmhouse and its land is hard to classify.
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