UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN: AT HOME IN ITALY is the first in a series of three Tuscan memoirs by Frances Mayes. In this memoir, Frances Mayes recounts the purchase of her home, Bramasole, in Tuscany. When Ms. Mayes bought this home, it had been neglected for more than thirty years and was in desperate need of renovations. Ms. Mayes recounts the adventures she and Ed, her husband, had renovating the house and working in its gardens while enjoying the sights and food of Tuscany. Under the Tuscan Sun is a memoir that will leave the reader excited and full of appreciation for the world around them, no matter where their home might be.