A place in the world finding the meaning of home
"A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home. While Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preface: I could live here
- Introduction: Imprint
- A house down south
- Lighting seven fireplaces
- Who lives here?
- Green world
- Camellia
- Magnolia
- Gardenia
- Sun standing still
- Secret spaces
- My Southern accent
- The ghost who cooks
- Yearning for sun
- Toward the Apennines, toward the lake
- Dinner / Cena
- Time difference
- Risking happiness
- Pure gold clasps
- Cucina povera / The poor kitchen
- Household shrine
- Exile 2020
- Southern exposure
- The house on South Lee Street
- The monumental cakes of Frankye Davis Mayes
- Frankye's cookbooks
- And again to the Golden Isles
- Momentary homes
- Why not stay
- Blue apron
- Fragments
- A place to hide
- Water maze
- Friends at home
- Home thoughts: a litany
- The taste of memory
- Rhymes with home
- Changing the changes
- Memento vivere / Remember to live
- Why stay?
- Annals of stone
- "I left a basket of figs by your gate"
- Envoi: Architect.
