The Reluctant Tuscan : How I Discovered My Inner Italian (Paperback)

from NellieMc

This book belongs to the category of "non-local finds charming rustic run-down house and while fixing up meets locals who redeem their frustrating behavior with charm and insight into what's really important about life (see Peter Mayle, etc.). However, this is a very good version and Doran keeps ...

from dd196406

Excellent book. Funny, touching, and slightly irreverent look at an American living in Tuscany. I was reading this book as my second non-fiction book (my secondary book as my current fiction book is always my primary book) and this book starting getting more attention than the primary one. Really...

from Romonko

This book was given to me as a gift, so I knew that it had to be good. It is not my sort of genre at all, but this memoir reads like fiction, and it's humorous as well. Phil Doran describes the people in the tiny village of Cambione in Tuscany so brilliantly, it made me want to meet them all. And...

from LisaCurcio

The story of a couple who buys a run down, ancient building in the hills and renovates it is not unique. The appeal when I picked up this book was the claim by Doran, a former Hollywood screenwriter, that he was telling the story of how he came to love Italy after he and his wife renovated a hous...

from debnance

Phil Doran may not have been the first person to move to Tuscany and decide to write about his move, but he would probably win the vote for most reluctant. For many years, Doran's wife worked in Tuscany while Doran wrote sitcoms in Hollywood. Finally, after some dismal setbacks in tv land, Doran'...