Extra Virgin : A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted - Paperback

from Lizbeth978

A delightful book! Not so much a travel narrative as it is a memoir with hints of beginner ethnography. That is precisely why I love this book, incidentally - all the little nuances of Ligurian village and olive farming life are lovingly and humorously shared alongside the author's own 'brutta fi...

from turtlesleap

Hawes writes so lovingly of her home in Italy, and with such appreciation for the beauty of the land and the character of the people, that it becomes easy to believe that two young Englishwomen, abroad for adventure, might decide to buy a home in a small Northern Italian village and live there fo...

from wdwilson3

A very pleasant memoir of time spent among interesting people. What more can you ask?

from angelfruity

The olive groves of Liguria certainly came alive for me through Annie's wonderful writing. She had me thinking back almost 20 years to when I first spent a summer in the le Marche region of Italy. I can now understand why some of the locals gave me funny looks, as I wandered around in shorts that...

from Harrod

Wonderful. Full of humor and warmth.