A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure by Marlena De Blasi
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Book Summary Author: Marlena De Blasi Edition: Paperback Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published) Published: 2005-09-27 ISBN: 0345481097 Number of pages: 368 Publisher: Ballantine Books |
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Book Reviews of the A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure
Customer Review: A Thousand Days in Tuscany is wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
By the time I was halfway through A Thousand Days in Tuscany by Marlena de Blasi, I wanted to get up at six each morning and bake the day's bread with rosemary and olive oil. I wanted to walk up a hill and go to breakfast at a local bar and chat with the duke, a local man who took Marlena and her husband under his wing and showed them what life in the Tuscan village where they settled for a thousand days was really like.
Reading this book was a wonderful experience for me as I followed this couple through their days of integrating into the life, lives and especially the foods, wines and cooking of this area of Italy. Harvesting grapes for wine, picking olives and chestnuts are all part of a way of life that hasn't changed for centuries in this part of the world, and de Blasi does an excellent job of taking us in our armchairs into that world. The natural romance of the area just adds to the romantic relationship that de Blasi and her husband have, and as the reader I experienced every lovely minute of their time in Tuscany.
The only thing I would have liked in addition to de Blasi's lyrical writing was a collection of photos from her time there, but maybe the imagination does a better job.