This book is a pretty light read, albeit packed with some interesting information. All what you need is some depth and you will definitely relate to the protagonist. It’s not fair!” Later, that night, she crawled under the table and retrieved it, determined to try one of those recipes, included in the book, for Chicken with Chickpeas, Garlic, Tomatoes, and Thyme. It’s not fair! When a woman's long-time friend reveals he's engaged, she realizes she loves him herself and sets out to get him, with only days before the wedding. But even as a listen while being a prisoner on the highway, I had to stop after the first CD. Was this review helpful to you?
Son nouvel environnement a des conséquences bénéfiques. Under the Tuscan Sun is not an autobiographical novel, so don't expect someone pouring their heart op. That was when I realized that I hadn't converted the milione that she mentioned from lire to dollars!
That was spiritual!
I loved this book when I first read it (was I 20? Because I was young, and hadn't learned how to resent those people who gallivant around the globe with too much money on their hands telling us how charmed their lives are while describing the picturesque landscape.
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Quite a difference with the conversion. Two women troubled with guy-problems swap homes in each other's countries, where they each meet a local guy and fall in love. While once Kath-arine Hepburn journeyed to Venice, met Rossano Brazzi and jumped into the Grand Canal,now Diane Lane journeys to Tuscany and jumps into real estate. Huggo. Her narrative voice is friendly and charming, and yet despite revealing some information about her private life, she never lets the reader in too close.
Frances eventually accepts her best friend Patti's offer of a vacation, a gay tour of Tuscany which Patti and her lesbian partner Grace originally purchased for themselves before Patti found out that she is pregnant. Plot: Author summers in Tuscany, buys an old farmhouse, refurbishes it, travels through Italy, and cooks constantly.
I saw the movie first and didn't realize it was based on a book. Who hasn't dreamed of doing just that?
at the beginning of the movie the water spout was broken and at the end it was fixed although she didn't try to fix it, so in my personal opinion i think it is a metaphor about the problems that faces us in life, and that sometimes we should stop trying to solve these problems, and the problems will go by themselves if we give them time.
I was hoping to learn about Italy, not hear her interpretation of what Italy should be.
This is the epitome of nauseating travelogues.
A writer impulsively buys a villa in Tuscany in order to change her life.