Women In Sunlight

By the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, and written with Frances Mayes{u2019}s trademark warmth, heart, and d... (more)

By the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun, and written with Frances Mayes{u2019}s trademark warmth, heart, and delicious descriptions of place, food, and friendship, Women in Sunlight is the story of four American strangers who bond in Italy and change their lives over the course of an exceptional year. She watches from her terrazza as the three American women carry their luggage into the stone villa down the hill. Who are they, and what brings them to this Tuscan village so far from home? An expat herself and with her own unfinished story, she can{u2019}t help but question: will they find what they came for? Kit Raine, an American writer living in Tuscany, is working on a biography of her close friend, a complex woman who continues to cast a shadow on Kit{u2019}s own life. Her work is waylaid by the arrival of three women{u2014}Julia, Camille, and Susan{u2014}all of whom have launched a recent and spontaneous friendship that will uproot them completely and redirect their lives. Susan, the most adventurous of the three, has enticed them to subvert expectations of staid retirement by taking a lease on a big, beautiful house in Tuscany. Though novices in a foreign culture, their renewed sense of adventure imbues each of them with a bright sense of bravery, a gusto for life, and a fierce determination to thrive. But how? With Kit{u2019}s friendship and guidance, the three friends launch themselves into Italian life, pursuing passions long-forgotten{u2014}and with drastic and unforeseeable results. (less)

Three American women, new friends, all older single women, have taken a lease on a stone manse in Tuscany. They are esca... (more)

Three American women, new friends, all older single women, have taken a lease on a stone manse in Tuscany. They are escaping, reinventing, and reevaluating the fates expected of them as aging women in America. They are novices in a foreign culture, figuring out the day to day, but what they share is a gusto for life and a sturdy if indefinite determination to thrive. Released from their former lives, encouraging each other, and finding a lot of 'why not' courage, each woman becomes more than she'd dreamed she'd be. (less)

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Three American women, new friends, all older single women, have taken a lease on a stone manse in Tuscany. They are esca... (more)

Three American women, new friends, all older single women, have taken a lease on a stone manse in Tuscany. They are escaping, reinventing, and reevaluating the fates expected of them as aging women in America. They are novices in a foreign culture, figuring out the day to day, but what they share is a gusto for life and a sturdy if indefinite determination to thrive. Released from their former lives, encouraging each other, and finding a lot of 'why not' courage, each woman becomes more than she'd dreamed she'd be. (less)