Every Day in Tuscany : Seasons of an Italian Life

from Morgan_Mott

I just love Frances Mayes. She can have her head in the clouds sometimes and get carried away with sharing random phrases that she wants to use in other stories, but it's all good. I love the way she puts recipes into the story as a way to clarify her experience, because in Italy food dictates yo...

from nemoman

Mayes" prior books always seemed too flowery in their prose, and as a consequence a bit fluffy and lightweight. Either I am getting used to her writing, or she has grown as a writer, because I enjoyed this book which chronicles the good life in Tuscany by following the seasons at her restored vil...

from thebooky

Typical Frances Mayes, enjoyable. She makes me feel guilty for sitting in my little office with the fluorescent lighting and the mounds of untouched paperwork watching the clock! After reading one of her books I want to drink a good bottle of wine and eat like there's no tomorrow!

from asomers

I am still enchanted by Frances Mayes' wonderful descriptions of Tuscany. I enjoyed this book more than the second, but not as much as the first. I finished the book feeling hungry , ready to pack my bags, and thinking that I should sit down and write in my journal.

from carrieprice78

This is pretty boring. I think we are supposed to envy her. I feel like she looked up words in the dictionary and thesaurus for the purposes of sounding intelligent.