Under the Tuscan sun with Frances Mayes 04:03. It's one of the most famous Villas in Tuscany, attracting a constant stream of tourists. Bramasole (its name comes from Brama, to yearn for, and Sole ...

FRANCES MAYES: Hillsborough and Cortona are definitely linked. There’s an intense sense of community. San Francisco, where I lived for decades, is a cordial city, ...

It’s no secret that Frances Mayes, best known for her memoirs about Tuscany, was born and raised in the one-mile-square town of tiny Fitzgerald, in south Georgia.

In the last 24 years, no other writer has likely lured more travellers to Italy than Frances Mayes. Her 1996 memoir Under the Tuscan Sun tells the story of how she fell in love with a rundown 200 ...

Readers united in droves back in the '90s to savor the adventures and revelations of Frances Mayes as she restored a crumbling villa (Under The Tuscan Sun) and discovered much about life, beauty ...

Frances Mayes observes, "Two hundred years is very old in America. But, around here, it's not a very old house." The two still live and work mainly in California.

After all, “Women in Sunlight” is written by Frances Mayes, author of “Under the Tuscan Sun,” the best-selling memoir from 1996 that, like “Eat, Pray, Love,” inspired a lush movie version.

Frances Mayes in her sunroom ILLUSTRATION: Nick Pironio for The Wall Street Journal. Frances Mayesis author of "Under the Tuscan Sun" and five other books about Tuscany as well as "Swan," a novel.

"Women in Sunlight," Frances Mayes' latest valentine to Italy, is loaded with incisive, often lyrical prose. Though it's a good novel and a diverting read, it's not in the same league as "Under ...

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