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.
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Paperback. Pub Date: 2005. Pages: 288 in Publisher: Virgin Paperbacks 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 t...
Review:
"Doran lobs a comic hand grenage into the Tuscan hills. Hilarious." (Kathy Lette)
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- PublisherVirgin Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0753510154
- ISBN 13 9780753510155
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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