Book description
Rising From The Mist in the sun-blushed hills of Tuscany is Il
Piccolo Rustico, a 300-year-old stone farmhouse that Nancy Doran
dreams of lovingly restoring into an idlyllic home. All her husband
Phil can see is a crumbling money pit that, as far as dreams go, is
more of a nightmare.
Reluctantly leaving behind high -octane, air-conditioned Los Angeles
where he lives and works as a writer-producer, Phil is uprooted to a
strange country intoxicated by O sole mio, virgin olive oil and
oak-aged Chianti. The local village reveals itself to be a hive of
seething passions, secrets and age-old blood feuds, and the newcomers
find that life is not all strolls around town during the passagiato
and relaxing under the awnings of picturesque cafes.
Beset by a rift of exasperating challenges - from the cunning tricks
of the Pinatore family to an infuriating Byzantine Italian bureaucracy
- it is only with an inspired touch of the 'Inner Italian' that Phil
and Nancy finally manage to soften the hearts of their neighbours and
are embraced by the community.
