Italy, a Love Story: Women Write About the Italian Experience

by Camille Cusumano (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2005

  $22.59

  Legendary for fabulous food, persistent men, and a lyrical language, Italy has inspired many great love affairswith the country itself. From the notorious occupants and cuisine of Sicily, to the ancient marvels of Rome, to the couture of Milan, women throughout the ages have invented and reinvented adventure in this diverse and voluptuous land. In this thrilling and layered new collection, women from Barbara Grizzuti Harrison to the neo-Tuscan Frances Mayes to Mary Simetti Taylor explore and describe in loving prose individual infatuations with a land that is both complicated by and adored for a rich tradition.