#1*NEW YORK TIMES*BESTSELLER ¿ The*beloved*memoir of self-discovery set against*the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane-now in a twentieth-anniversary edition featuring a new afterword
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“This beautifully written memoir about taking chances, living in Italy,*loving a house and, always, the pleasures of food, would make a perfect gift for a loved one. But it's so delicious, read it first yourself.”-USA Today
For more Frances Mayes, including a tour of her now iconic Cortona home, Bramasole, watch PBS's*Dream of Italy:*Tuscan Sun Special!
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More than twenty years ago, Frances Mayes-widely published poet, gourmet cook, and travel writer-introduced readers to a wondrous new world when she bought and restored an abandoned Tuscan villa called Bramasole.*Under the Tuscan Sun*inspired generations to embark on their own journeys-whether that be flying to a foreign country in search of themselves, savoring one of the book's dozens of delicious seasonal recipes, or simply being transported by Mayes's signature evocative, sensory language. Now with a new afterword from Frances Mayes, the twentieth-anniversary edition of*Under the Tuscan Sun*revisits the book's most*popular*characters.