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shereadersbookclub 's review for:
Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition
by Frances Mayes
I enjoyed this book not so much because anything crazy actually happened but I felt like I was right alongside the author and her husband while they completed all of the small projects involved in their one big project of buying, fixing, and living in a house in Tuscany. The food they cooked and ate sounded simple yet delicious. Each meal only called for a few ingredients but the end result was always gourmet because each ingredient was local and fresh. This book helped to scratch my travel itch a little bit. At least until I can actually go to Italy myself. I got the movie after I finished the book and was a little surprised that the story was so completely different but it was also entertaining in a different sort of way. Both gave me a glimpse into what life in Tuscany might be like. Not as a tourist, but as one who actually lives, farms, shops, and eats right alongside the bloodlines that have been there for centuries.