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Irene S L, Media/Journalist
Interviewed author for an article that was published on Forbes.com. See link below.:
People tend to fall in love with Italy. That’s what happened to both Frances Mayes and Kathy McCabe.
“It’s a big collage of charm!” says Mayes, author of Under The Tuscan Sun, the New York Times bestseller that became a box-office smash when adapted to the screen.
“The art, food, wine, delectable towns—but overall, I’d say, the sheer beauty of the place is what overwhelms me over and over,” she says. “When you see the cypress trees punctuating a sublime view of olive groves, medieval towers, farmhouses nestled in the folds of the hills, and the transparent light, this kind of bucolic dream inspires, comforts and lures you into a world that seems more real than where you come from,” she adds.
Mayes has authored seven books about Italy that have been translated into 54 languages. Her latest one, See You In The Piazza (Penguin Random House, 2019), is being released today.
See You in the Piazza Released 3/12/19
People tend to fall in love with Italy. That’s what happened to both Frances Mayes and Kathy McCabe.
“It’s a big collage of charm!” says Mayes, author of Under The Tuscan Sun, the New York Times bestseller that became a box-office smash when adapted to the screen.
“The art, food, wine, delectable towns—but overall, I’d say, the sheer beauty of the place is what overwhelms me over and over,” she says. “When you see the cypress trees punctuating a sublime view of olive groves, medieval towers, farmhouses nestled in the folds of the hills, and the transparent light, this kind of bucolic dream inspires, comforts and lures you into a world that seems more real than where you come from,” she adds.
Mayes has authored seven books about Italy that have been translated into 54 languages. Her latest one, See You In The Piazza (Penguin Random House, 2019), is being released today.
See You in the Piazza Released 3/12/19
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