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Bringing Tuscany home sensuous style from the heart of Italy

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Main Author: Mayes, Frances
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Broadway Books, 2004.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
House furnishings > Italy.
Housekeeping > Italy.
Interior decoration.
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Physical Description:226 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN:0767917464
Author Notes:A native of Georgia, Frances Mayes received a B.A. from the University of Florida and an M.A. from San Francisco State University. She is a creative writing professor at San Francisco State University.

Mayes' memoir "Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy," about buying and restoring an abandoned villa in Cortona, was a national best seller in 1996. It became the basis of a feature film of the same name in 2003 starring Diane Lane.

In addition her travel writing, Frances Mayes is the author of six books of poetry and is a respected essayist and gourmet cook. Frances' title Under Magnolia is a 2015 New York Times bestseller.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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