Title: Yuppie observations from a long-time tourist--not a resident
Product review: I lived in Italy for years, and hoped to read about the experiences of other Americans who have also lived there. This book offered no insights whatsoever except the author's self-absorbed interest in getting her house in order and sharing with her other yuppie friends a Martha Stewart like "image" of Italian life. She seems to have made no real Italian friends, and has no real understanding of what it is to really live in Italy 12 months a year--not just jetting in for the odd holiday. God help the lovely town of Cortona which will undoubtedly be deluged by similar Americans more interested in creating their own cardboard facade of Italy. If you want to read observations of foreigners who have really LIVED in Italy, read Tim Park's Italian Neighbors or Mary Taylor Simeti's Persephone's Island instead.
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