Title: Italian Fairy-tale Written by a Non-Italian
Product review: Being 1/2 Italian, and having family in Northern Italy, and having visited Italy 6 times I have to say... buy this book ONLY if:1) You've never been to Italy, and2) You love to cook (and read recipes), and3) You want to read what it's like to be able to afford a home in SF and renovate one in Tuscany, and4) You want to cling to a fairy-tale vision of Italy, or5) You're on a deserted island with nothing else to read.However, if you really want to know what it's like to live/be in Italy, and what Italian culture is really like, I suggest you read any or all of Tim Parks' books ("Italian Neighbors Or, a Lapsed Anglo-Saxon in Verona", "Italian Education", or "A Season with Verona: Travels Around Italy in Search of Illusion, National Character, and...Goals!"). Tim is an Englishman who married an Italian woman and moved to Italy and had kids. Parks' descriptions of Italian life are real... Mayes' descriptions of Italian life are a bit too syrupy for my stomach.
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