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Frances Mayes
A great marriage is an elusive thing; only a few know the secret to making one.
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Bestselling and beloved author Frances Mayes discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuous travel narrative that crisscrosses the country, with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cuisine
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A memoir of author Frances Mayes’s coming of age in the Deep South, and of the region’s powerful influence on her life. Mayes delves into the power of landscape, the…
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"A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home."--Provided by publisher.
Dara Willcox, in New York for a weekend, meets Austin Clarke at an art gallery. If love at first sight can happen, it happens to them. These two vivid, ambitious…
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With descriptions of the vibrant local markets, food, wine and the Italian landscape, this book intends to inspire readers to embark on their own journeys - whether that be flying…
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When a perfect wedding is called off just days before the big event, it sends two people-and their families-reeling, in this poignant novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling…
Continuing Mayes’s account of her enchanting, ever-evolving life in Italy, Bella Tuscany presents the author truly at home as she invites readers back to savor more friendship, festivity, and food…
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Offers a passionate and lyrical account of the author’s continuing love affair with Italy. This title is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. It…
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The night before Frances Mayes left Edinburgh to come to Greece for the first time, her old school comrades at their 30 year reunion named her ‘Shirley Valentine’. Frances fulfilled…
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In this new memoir Frances Mayes offers her readers another deeply personal account of her present-day life in Tuscany, encompassing both the changes she has experienced since her previous memoirs…
Offers a celebration of the allure of travel, of serendipitous pleasures found in unlikely places, of memory woven into the present, and of a joyous sense of quest. This book…
The long awaited new travel memoir from the author of Under the Tuscan Sun. A celebration of the allure of travel, of unexpected pleasures found in unlikely places.
Twenty years ago Frances Mayes, having ended a long marriage and begun a new relationship, was travelling in Italy and happened upon an abandoned, grand but dilapidated three-storey house called…
A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the…
The bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun discovers the hidden pleasures of Italy in a sumptuous travel narrative that crisscrosses the country, with inventive new recipes celebrating Italian cuisine.
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By the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, and written with Frances Mayes’s trademark warmth, heart, and delicious descriptions of place, food, and friendship, Women in Sunlight is the…
Continuing Frances Mayes’s account of her love affair with Italy, Bella Tuscany presents the author now truly at home there, meeting the challenges of learning a new language and touring…
The bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun brings poetry out of the classroom and into the homes of everyday readers.
Includes Extra libris section featuring a reader’s guide and a conversation with the author.
Applies a poet’s sensibility, a traveler’s eye, and a cook’s palate to the pleasures of the Tuscan countryside, where the author began restoring an abandoned villa.
The author, who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in her bestselling travel memoirs, expands her horizons to immerse herself–and her readers–in the sights, aromas…
In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, Mayes lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-longlove affair with Tuscany’s people, art, cuisine, and…
By the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, Bella Tuscany and In Tuscany, Swan is a haunting novel set in the deep South–a resonant tale of long-buried family secrets…
The world’s most beloved expert on la dolce vita takes readers along on the ultimate insider’s tour across all 20 of Italy’s iconic regions.
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Women in Sunlight by Frances Mayes: Conversation Starters
Women in Sunlight is the tenth book authored by Frances Mayes. Famous for her warmth, heart and delicious descriptions of Tuscany, Mayes…
Four American women become unexpected friends during a magical year in Tuscany marked by a writer’s complicated relationship with the subject of her biography, long-postponed dreams, and shifting senses of…
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Kathy McCabe
Have you ever wanted to travel to Italy? Are you looking to bring the healthy Italian lifestyle into your home or maybe even retire in Italy? If so, this is…
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The Roman Forum, the Leaning Tower, the Piazza San Marco: these are the sights synonymous with Italy. But such landmarks only scratch the surface of this magical country’s offerings. In…
Though Frances Mayes is known for her wanderlust, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our…
For millions of readers all over the world, Frances Mayes captures the essence of Tuscany like no other writer. Now the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella…
Frances Mayes,Edward Mayes
For readers of Frances Mayes’s bestselling phenomenon Under the Tuscan Sun comes The Tuscan Sun Cookbook, in which Mayes and her husband Ed celebrate the ease of the Tuscan kitchen…
Frances Mayes,Susan Wyler
From the famed author of Under the Tuscan Sun, the most delicious Tuscan pasta recipes that can be made in the time it takes to boil waterFrances Mayes is…
