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Written & narrated by Frances Mayes - Abridged Nonfiction - Abridgment approved by Frances Mayes - 4 CASSETTES - 6 hours

Publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell (February 1998)

"Irresistible...a sensuous book for a sensuous countryside." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune

"An intense celebration of what [Mayes] calls 'the voluptuousness of Italian life'...appealing and very vivid...[The] book seems like the kind of thing you'd tuck into a picnic basket on an August day...or better yet, keep handy on the bedside table in the depths of January." --New York Times Book Review

Frances Mayes--widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer--opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In sensuous and evocative language, she brings the reader along as she discovers the beauty and simplicity of life in Italy. An accomplished cook and food writer, Mayes also creates dozens of delicious seasonal recipes from her traditional kitchen and simple garden, all of which are included in this audio. Doing for Tuscany what M.F.K. Fisher and Peter Mayle did for Provence, Mayes writes about the tastes and pleasures of a foreign country with gusto and passion. A celebration of the extraordinary quality of life in Tuscany, Under the Tuscan Sun is a feast for all senses.

About the Author
Frances Mayes lives in Cortona, Italy, and San Francisco, where she teaches creative writing at San Francisco State University. A widely published poet, as well as a prolific food and travel writer, she has written for the New York Times, House Beautiful, and Food and Wine.