The Hills of Tuscany : A New Life in an Old Land (Paperback)

As seductive as "A Year in Provence" and "Under the Tuscan Sun", but with the wit and charm of a 1930s romantic comedy, this book presents the true-life adventure of a couple who chucked New York for a new life in Tuscany. The true-life adventure of a couple who left New York for a life in Tuscany. The Mates arrived in Tuscany in the late-1980s, knowing no Italian and with only four weeks to search for the country house of their dreams. This is Ferenc Mate's in-love-with-life memoir of their first five years in Tuscany, by turns buoyant, reflective, and hilarious. He describes the way of life they were looking for, and what they found - where neighbours, community, home, and most of all, children, form the focal point of daily life. They live in a small, 13th-century monastery, surrounded by vineyards and olive groves, in the hills near Siena.