UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN + BELLA TUSCANY

Two bestselling classics in one volume

by FRANCES MAYES

Brand new softcover book, includes dozens of delicious seasonal recipes. Under the Tuscan Sun has 280 pages, Bella Tuscany has 286 pages.

 Frances Mayes - poet, gourmet cook and travel writer - opens the door to a wondrous new world when she buys and restores 'Bramasole', an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. In sensuous and evocative language, she carries the reader along as she discovers the simplicity and beauty of life in Italy. The bestselling Under the Tuscan Sun is a feast for all the senses.

Bella Tuscany is a passionate and lyrical account of her continuing love affair with Italy. Now truly at home there, Mayes writes of her deepening connection to the land, her flourishing friendships with local people and the joys of art, food and wine. It is also a memoir of a season of change, and of renewed possibility. As spring becomes summer she revives Bramasole's lush gardens, tours regions from Sicily to Veneto and faces transitions in her family life.

An accomplished cook and food writer, Mayes also shares dozens of delicious seasonal recipes from her traditional kitchen and smple garden in both books.