In this sequel to her New York Times bestsellers Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany, the celebrated "bard of Tuscany" (New York Times) lyrically chronicles her continuing, two decades-long love affair with Tuscany's people, art, cuisine, and lifestyle. Frances Mayes offers her readers a deeply personal memoir of her present-day life in Tuscany, encompassing both the changes she has experienced since Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany appeared, and sensuous, evocative reflections on the timeless beauty and vivid pleasures of Italian life. Among the themes Mayes explores are how her experience of Tuscany dramatically expanded when she renovated and became a part-time resident of a 13th century house with a stone roof in the mountains above Cortona, how life in the mountains introduced her to a "wilder" side of Tuscany--and with it a lively engagement with Tuscany's mountain people. Throughout, she reveals the concrete joys of life in her adopted hill town, with particular attention to life in the piazza, the art of Luca Signorelli (Renaissance painter from Cortona), and the pastoral pleasures of feasting from her garden. Moving always toward a deeper engagement, Mayes writes of Tuscan icons that have become for her storehouses of memory, of crucible moments from which bigger ideas emerged, and of the writing life she has enjoyed in the room where Under the Tuscan Sun began. With more on the pleasures of life at "Bramasole," the delights and challenges of living in Italy day-to-day and favorite recipes, Every Day in Tuscany (Broadway Books, $25) is a passionate and inviting account of the richness and complexity of Italian life. TICKETS are required for this event and may be purchased at all Books & Books locations and at Fairchild Garden, while supplies last. Fairchild Garden members will receive a discount on tickets, if purchased at Fairchild Garden ONLY with proof of membership. Books & Books customers will receive a 10% discount on membership to the Garden. The $40 ticket includes entrance to the garden, a tram tour of the premises, reception with the author, talk/lecture in the Visitor Center and an autographed copy of Every Day in Tuscany by Frances Mayes. YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR COPY OF THE BOOK on April 1st at Fairchild Garden. However, if you would like to redeem your book before the night of the event, there will be a stub on the ticket that may be used for that purpose at any Books & Books location, by April 3rd.