And it can be resplendent and include a new lover, a new country, and a new - old - home. The appeal for readers is clear: In unsentimental language focusing on everything from the very big (the history of Italian architecture) to the very small (the wax on a brick floor), Mayes promises that there is life after divorce. Newly divorced, she and her then-boyfriend purchased a rundown villa in Tuscany and set out to fix it up themselves. The poet and writer was the chair of the creative writing department at San Francisco State University when she wrote the book in 1996. In 2003, a movie adaptation of the same name premiered, starring Diane Lane, who got a Golden Globe nod for her portrayal of Mayes.Īnd even though Mayes now has nearly 20 books under her belt, Under the Tuscan Sun remains her most popular. Twenty-six years ago, when Frances Mayes published Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy, it immediately became a New York Times best-seller - and stayed on that list for two-and-a-half years.
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