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Mayes goes into explicit detail her love for Tuscany where the book obviously takes place. In the small medieval town of Cortona, Mayes is adopted by townspeople as one of their own. There she takes up the enormous task of obtaining an old abandoned farmhouse and remodeling inside out.

I loved the way that Mayes described Italian life compared to American, for one they have way better food and wine, and they also love to live life to the fullest!! They spend more time with family than with co-workers at an office, and get this they actually eat their lunch in more than a half hour! WOW!

This book is satisfying to put it midly, there are no major plot twists, conspiracies or murders, or everything else ascociated with a new york times best seller. It is however a book that you enjoy reading, sit back, relax, server yourself a glass of fine wine and unwind in this beautiful book about Tuscan life!

I wanted to travel, but with neither the time nor the money, I instead ordered Under the Tuscan Sun from Amazon. Transported by the pages of this book to Tuscany, I peered over the shoulder of an insightful English prof as she tackles the tedium of a major renovation project i.e. turn one ancient stone farmhouse into a cozy vacation home. Mayes sprinkles Italian words, phrases, recipes, history, and architectuere into this narrative like so many almonds in biscotti.

She renovates and (I guess simultaneously) writes of her adventure with a Martha Stewart-ish enthusiasm for a Bob Villa-scale project that even Burt Wolf would enjoy visiting.

This book was fun to read. But I couldn't resist adding a modicum of humor to the customer comments at the Amazon site after so much syrup had been spilt. I'm sure Martha would rinse a clean towel in warm water and clean up the mess. Me? I just add jokes on top.