Product detailsLife offers you a thousand and one opportunities...
all you need to do is use one of them. After experiencing a bitter divorce and wanting to start a fresh page in her life, francis mayes embarks on an adventure by purchasing an old italian mansion.
there are many obstacles in the way: his family is against his leaving san francisco, and the old house needs to be restored urgently.
however, francis does not give up, after a period of time, there are changes in his life, and these changes allow him to find himself and live a happy life.
he makes new acquaintances, dreams, falls in love, learns the subtleties of local cuisine and writes a book that will make him famous around the world.
francis mayes - a poet, a memoir writer, a journalist and a novelist.
in italy, his novel about life quickly becomes popular and is on the new york times best list for two years.
a film is made from the book.
'on the pages, the smell of spicy herbs and fruits, the cheerful voices of the cortona people, the sound of heels on old stone paving, the bells are heard.
there's a fun aftertaste and for a moment we feel like we've lived in tuscany.
relax, an exciting journey awaits you that will take you to italy!' - mila ulçenko, author of the blog named ------- Zizn' predlagaet tebe tysacu vozmoznostej...
vse, cto nuzno sdelat' - prosto vospol'zovat'sa odnoj iz nih.
pereziv boleznennyj razvod i mectaa nacat' zizn' s cistogo lista, frensis mejes resaetsa na avanturu - pokupku starinnoj villy v solnecnoj italii.
na ee puti vstrecaetsa mnozestvo pregrad: sem'a protiv ee pereezda iz san-francisko, a vethomu domu srocno trebuetsa kapital'nyj remont.
no frensis ne padaet duhom, i vskore v ee zizni proishodat peremeny, kotorye pomogaut ej obresti samu seba i nacat' zit' scastlivo.
ona zavodit novye znakomstva, mectaet, lubit, postigaet tonkosti mestnoj kuhni i piset knigu, kotoraa ocen' skoro sdelaet ee izvestnoj na ves' mir.
kul'tovyj bestseller na protazenii 25 let.
frensis mejes - poetessa, memuarist, publicist i pisatel'nica.
ee roman o zizni v italii bystro stal popularnym i v tecenie dvuh let vozglavlal spisok bestsellerov the new york times.
po knige byl snat odnoimennyj fil'm.
- mila ul'cenko, avtor i sozdatel' bloga
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