In this sequel to her "New York Times" bestsellers "Under the Tuscan Sun" and "Bella Tuscany," the celebrated bard of Tuscany ("New York Times") lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with the region's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle.

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KIRKUS REVIEWS
JANUARY 1st, 2010
MAYES, FRANCES
EVERY DAY IN TUSCANY
"Seasons of an Italian Life
Broadway (320 pp)
$25.00
March 9, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-7679-2982-0
"Mayes ("A Year in the World: Journeys of a Passionate Traveller, 2006, etc) "continues to gather voluptuous memories in Tuscany...and Umbria, Liguria, the Marche and beyond.
This collection of two-dozen set pieces finds the author true to her romantic form-hungry to live as close to the bone in her corner of Tuscany as possible, to drink in equal measure from the local wine, the paintings of Luca Signorelli, village folklore and the lilac morning sky. Occasionally she slips into deliquescence, but mostly she's stirring the reader's gastric juices with luscious tales from the table or tendering a descriptive nugget that holds fast in the mind's eye. This might be a day trip to nearby Loreto, "home of the house of the Virgin Mary, borne aloft by angels in 1294, and blown in a storm from Croatia, whe