Bringing Tuscany home sensuous style from the heart of Italy

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.

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)