Title: Good but uneven
Product review: While the description of the auhtor's Tuscan life is interesting and enticing, she only touches the surface in describing the true local color. This is perhaps understandable because she only spents summer and christmas in the farmhouse, and didn't have enough of a submersion into the local way of life. Passages about her day trips to the surrounding areas are particulary weak and reads like a running description of what one can see from a speeding auto. Because of these weaker chapters, the book as a whole lacks coherency and development. In any case, if you want to know what it is like to own a farm house and _attempt_ at living like a Tuscan, this will be a good read. If you want a really good book on how to submerge in a foreigh culture, stick with Peter Mayle.
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