Title: Self-Absorbed under the Tuscan Sun
Product review: After I read and enjoyed Peter Mayle's books, my wife recommended this book and its sequel. I was terribly disappointed.Frances Mayes writes with none of the liveliness of Peter Mayle. Her writing is ponderous and clipped. I found myself laboring through the book, and was reminded of a movie in which I've looked at my watch to see how much longer until the credits. Rather than describe colorful characters and their interactions, she describes her renovated house and her reaction to it - both more precious than I could stand.No one seems to have edited this book. I found numerous cases of repeated facts and statements from one chapter to the next. I wondered if these had first appeared in a serialized version.Overall, none of the joy and magic of Peter Mayle's work.
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