A Place in the World
Finding the Meaning of Home
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home.
“Personal, warm, and lovely . . . a charming read. The book feels like a warm conversation with your most thoughtful, curious friend.”—Garden & Gun
LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • VERANDA BOOK CLUB PICK
“Where you are is who you are.”
Though Frances Mayes is known for her travels, she has always sought a sense of home wherever she goes. In this poetic testament to the power of place in our lives, Mayes reflects on the idea of home, from the earliest imprint of four walls to the startling discoveries of…
$25.99
August 22, 2023
Frances Mayes is the author of the classic Under the Tuscan Sun, which was a New York Times bestseller for more than two and a half years and became a movie starring Diane Lane. Her other international bestsellers include Bella Tuscany, Every Day in Tuscany, A Year in the World, and three illustrated books: In Tuscany, Bringing Tuscany Home, and The Tuscan Sun Cookbook. Mayes is also the author of two novels, Swan and Women in Sunlight, six books of poetry, and The Discovery of Poetry. Her most recent books are See You in the Piazza and Always Italy. Frances Mayes’s writing has been translated into more than fifty languages.
A Great Marriage
Frances Mayes
A Place in the World
Frances Mayes
See You in the Piazza
Frances Mayes
Women in Sunlight
Frances Mayes
Under Magnolia
Frances Mayes
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook
Frances Mayes and Edward Mayes
Every Day in Tuscany
Frances Mayes, Author of Under the Tuscan Sun and Bella Tuscany
A Year in the World
Frances Mayes
Bringing Tuscany Home
Frances Mayes with Edward Mayes
Swan
Frances Mayes
In Tuscany
Frances Mayes with Edward Mayes Photographs by Bob Krist
Bella Tuscany
Frances Mayes
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frances Mayes
The Art Thief
Michael Finkel
Dirt
Bill Buford
Old World Italian
Mimi Thorisson
My Twenty-Five Years in Provence
Peter Mayle
Bella Figura
Kamin Mohammadi
Beyond Belfast
Will Ferguson
In Other Words
Jhumpa Lahiri; translated by Ann Goldstein
The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson
French Country Cooking
Mimi Thorisson
Notes from a Small Island
Bill Bryson
Ordinary Russians
Barry Broadfoot
The Table Comes First
Adam Gopnik
Heart of Dankness
Mark Haskell Smith
Au Revoir to All That
Michael Steinberger
The Music Room
William Fiennes
Hand Drawn Victoria
Emma FitzGerald
Hand Drawn Vancouver
Emma FitzGerald
Lean Out
Tara Henley
All the Wrong Moves
Sasha Chapin
My Twenty-Five Years in Provence
Peter Mayle
An Innocent in Cuba
David McFadden
An Innocent in Newfoundland
David W. McFadden
The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson
Road Trip Rwanda
Will Ferguson
The White Road
Edmund de Waal
Thrilling Cities
Ian Fleming
Ordinary Russians
Barry Broadfoot
The Voyage of the Northern Magic
Diane Stuemer
The Tao of Travel
Paul Theroux