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A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
by Frances Mayes
from Broadway

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• This book was not edited!
  Frances Mayes has had so much success as a writer. No doubt she never dreamed that her adventures in Tuscany would bring her best-selling books and a film based on the first book. That must have been very exciting and gratifying--beyond words. We all can't wait to read what she has to say next. I think that's why there is so much disappointment about this book. I mean why is it that once a writer had so much success the editors no longer cut as much as they should? She is so full of herself in this book,... more info

• Napoli ???????
  Which Napoli is she talking about? It sounds
  ideal compared to the real one - no problems
  with garbage, no rioting in the streets and at
  the docks, no mafia stranglehold on
  the government - where is this Napoli?
  

• I liked it
  I really liked this book only because I just came back from a trip to Spain, Portugal and Scotland and shared many of France's opinions and observations. I can see where others would be annoyed by her flowerly language and occasional overblown descriptions. I'm buying this to keep (the copy I originally read was borrowed from the library) just to remind me of my latest vacation!

• Great Book
  I just finished this book and loved it, I don't really understand the bad reviews. One I read said she didn't think Mayes's heart was in it. Unbelieveable! It makes me wonder if she really read the book. Mayes' "heart", her heartfelt impressions of the places she visited, ran throughout the book. I strongly recommend this book if you love to read about travels and particularly if you like the way Mayes writes.

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