Efroymson Lectures on International Art, Culture and Heritage

Best-selling Author of Under the Tuscan Sun and A Year in the World

Frances Mayes
Presents

Writing in Place: Travels with My Notebook

Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 7:00 P.M.

Book signing, sponsored by Barnes & Noble Bookstores, will begin at 8:15 P.M.

IUPUI Campus Center, Multipurpose Room, 420 University Blvd. Indianapolis, IN

Frances Mayes has always adored houses, and when she saw Bramasole, a neglected, 200-year old Tuscan farmhouse nestled in five overgrown acres, it was love at first sight. Out of that instant infatuation has come four marvelous, and hugely popular, books: the bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany; In Tuscany, a collaborative photo-textbook with her husband, the poet Edward Mayes and photographer Bob Krist; and Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style from the Heart of Italy, another collaborative book with Edward Mayes and photographer Steven Rothfeld. All four highly personal books are about taking chances, living in Italy, loving and renovating an old Italian villa, the pleasures of food, wine, gardens, and the “voluptuousness of Italian life.” 

Hosted by Department of Tourism, Conventions, and Event Management
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis