Bella Tuscany The Sweet Life in Italy – Frances Mayes (Miękka oprawa)

Frances Mayes, whose enchanting international bestsellermade the world fall in love with Tuscany, invites us back for a delightful new season of friendship, festivity and food. Having spent her summers in Tuscany for the past several years, Frances Mayes relished the opportunity to experience the pleasures of, 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. is a 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 and the joys of art, food and wine. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasoler hallmark, is a celebration of the sweet life in Italy.