Under the Tuscan Sun
by Frances Mayes
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Author: Frances MayesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Published: 1997
ISBN: 0767902807
Number of pages: 341
Publisher: Broadway
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Book Review: Surprise your own life
Summary: 5 Stars
I confess that I came to this book over ten years late because I had been under the impression that it was Chick Lit, and the movie was generally rated as perfectly awful, as other reviewers have noted here. It is not Chick Lit, and I am very grateful to another friend for suggesting that I give this book a try. It is a warm, sometimes hilarious,sometimes scary, and always heartwarming story of finding and restoring a beautiful home in beautiful Tuscany, while experiencing all the wonderful history and food of Italy, which is noted in great detail here. The author writes so well that you truly feel as if you are there. I found a larger story in the personal journey that accompanied the restoration. It is best expressed on p. 191 when the author gets a call out of the blue from a total stranger, a lawyer in Baltimore that has just lost her mother, and is considering a similar project off the coast of Washington. Mayes says (copying from book here as I can't improve upon it by summarizing) 'I recognize the impulse. I recognize the desire to surprise your own life. "You must change your life" as the poet Rilke said.'
Any reader will find this story entertaining and for those of us who are mid or late career, empty nesting, losing parents or otherwise experiencing a life transition, you might find a larger message in this experience that inspires or at least encourages you to find and move to the next phase of your life.
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