Author: DORAN, PHIL
Title: Reluctant Tuscan, The: How I Discovered My Inner Italian
Description: Virgin Books, UK, 2005. First Edition, Softcover. New. 9780753510155 288 pages. Available Now. Book Description: Rising From The Mist in the sun-blushed hills of Tuscany is Il Piccolo Rustico, a 300-year-old stone farmhouse that Nancy Doran dreams of lovingly restoring into an idlyllic home. All her husband Phil can see is a crumbling money pit that, as far as dreams go, is more of a nightmare.: Reluctantly leaving behind high -octane, air-conditioned Los Angeles where he lives and works as a writer-producer, Phil is uprooted to a strange country intoxicated by O sole mio, virgin olive oil and oak-aged Chianti. The local village reveals itself to be a hive of seething passions, secrets and age-old blood feuds, and the newcomers find that life is not all strolls around town during the passagiato and relaxing under the awnings of picturesque cafes.: Beset by a rift of exasperating challenges - from the cunning tricks of the Pinatore family to an infuriating Byzantine Italian bureaucracy - it is only with an inspired touch of the 'Inner Italian' that Phil and Nancy finally manage to soften the hearts of their neighbours and are embraced by the community. : Review: Doran lobs a comic hand grenage into the Tuscan hills. Hilarious. (Kathy Lette) : From the Back Cover: My rustic idyll had so far robbed me of my savings, alienated the neighbours and infuriated the local government. On the other hand, I had just eaten a delicious frittata and was driving through the most beautiful countryside in Chianti...: Rising From The Mist in the sun-blushed hills of Tuscany is Il Piccolo Rustico, a 300-year-old stone farmhouse that Nancy Doran dreams of lovingly restoring into an idlyllic home. All her husband Phil can see is a crumbling money pit that, as far as dreams go, is more of a nightmare.: Reluctantly leaving behind high -octane, air-conditioned Los Angeles where he lives and works as a writer-producer, Phil is uprooted to a strange country intoxicated by O sole mio, virgin olive oil and oak-aged Chianti. The local village reveals itself to be a hive of seething passions, secrets and age-old blood feuds, and the newcomers find that life is not all strolls around town during the passagiato and relaxing under the awnings of picturesque cafes.: Beset by a rift of exasperating challenges - from the cunning tricks of the Pinatore family to an infuriating Byzantine Italian bureaucracy - it is only with an inspired touch of the 'Inner Italian' that Phil and Nancy finally manage to soften the hearts of their neighbours and are embraced by the community. Size: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.5 cm. 288 pages. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 2. Category: History; Paperback; ISBN: 0753510154. ISBN/EAN: 9780753510155. Inventory No: F237-1012.

Keywords: BZDB395 History; Paperback; Reluctant Tuscan The How I Discovered My Inner Italian Phil Doran Paperback


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