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A year in the world journeys of a passionate traveller

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Main Author: Mayes, Frances
Other Authors: Noonan, Virginia
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Random House Audio, p2006.
Edition:Abridged.
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Mayes, Frances > Travel.
Travel writers > United States > Biography.
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Item Description:Compact disc.
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Physical Description:5 sound discs (ca. 6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:0739324624
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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