Frances Mayes

Author of A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller and 10+ Books

Frances Mayes
Frances Mayes

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The new book by Frances Mayess isSee You in the Piazza: New Locations to Discover in Crown's Italy. Her latest novel is Women in Sunlight, which was published by Crown and released in spring 2019 in paperback. With her husband, Edward Mayes, she recently published The Tuscan Sun Cookbook.Every day in Tuscanyis the third volume in her bestselling series of Tuscany memoirs. In addition to her Tuscan memoirs, Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, ... Frances Mayes is the author of the memoirsUnder Magnolia: A Southern Memoir; A Year in the World; the illustrated books In Tuscany and Bringinging Tuscany Home; Swan, a n. She splits her time between Italian and North Carolina homes.READ MORE

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Where is it written that houses must be beige? Any dun colored house would look better if painted pineapple, cream, ochre, or even a smart sage.

Although I am a person who expected to be rooted in one spot forever, as it has turned out I love having the memories of living in many places.

Five tender apricots in a blue bowl, a brief and exact promise of things to come.

Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different.

Life offers you a thousand chances... all you have to do is take one.

The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking...Is Where It's Taking Her!

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A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller

“ The world cracks open for those willing to take a risk. “

A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller

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Under the Tuscan Sun

“ Any arbitrary turning along the way and I would be elsewhere; I would be different. “

Under the Tuscan Sun

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Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy

“ Although I am a person who expected to be rooted in one spot forever, as it has turned out I love having the memories of... “

Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy

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