Every Day in Tuscany

In her latest delectable memoir, Frances Mayes provides a continuation of the wonderful postcards she has been writing about her Tuscan life. Her stories of evening pizza feasts in the garden and morning coffee while people watching in the piazza are punctuated by her rapturous pursuit of the Renaissance painter Luca Signorelli and her new love for a little stone cottage in the mountains. Mayes narrates her own work, starting off a little tentatively, with stilted enunciation. Soon, however, she warms to the task, allowing her passion for her subject to shine, particularly when she speaks a little Italian or describes one of the many recipes included in a PDF that is conveniently included in the audiobook. K.O. (c) AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine