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Under the Tuscan Sun: 20th-Anniversary Edition by Frances Mayes picnic basket She is the author of#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The beloved memoir of self discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane now in a twentieth anniversary edition featuring a new afterword For more Frances Mayes, including a tour of her now iconic Cortona home, Bramasole, watch PBS's Dream of Italy: Tuscan Sun Special! More than twenty years ago, Frances Mayes widely published poet, gourmet cook, and