Momo
15th February 2007, 02:18 PM
Frances Mayes - Swan - 2002
After Frances Mayes wrote a couple of autobiographical novels about her life in Tuscany, this is her first fiction novel.
The story is set in her native Georgia and stretches over just a couple of days. The Mason familiy is one of the richest families in Swan but has had a lot of problems and secrets to hide. When one of them seems to have been "unearthed", the daughter has to come home from Italy and both she and her brother have to come to terms with a lot of questions buried in the past.
This book describes small town life as well as family life, interesting characters and lots of good southern food.
I didn't like the first book of her Tuscany autobiographies (Under the Tuscan Sun), it is one of the few books I didn't finish in the last two years, but I really liked this one. Even though it deals with a lot of problem areas, I thought the feeling of this novel was quite warm and comforting.
(thread first started 29.01.06)
After Frances Mayes wrote a couple of autobiographical novels about her life in Tuscany, this is her first fiction novel.
The story is set in her native Georgia and stretches over just a couple of days. The Mason familiy is one of the richest families in Swan but has had a lot of problems and secrets to hide. When one of them seems to have been "unearthed", the daughter has to come home from Italy and both she and her brother have to come to terms with a lot of questions buried in the past.
This book describes small town life as well as family life, interesting characters and lots of good southern food.
I didn't like the first book of her Tuscany autobiographies (Under the Tuscan Sun), it is one of the few books I didn't finish in the last two years, but I really liked this one. Even though it deals with a lot of problem areas, I thought the feeling of this novel was quite warm and comforting.
(thread first started 29.01.06)