Hawes Annie - Extra Virgin A Young Woman Discovers The Italian Riviera Where Every Month Is Enchanted - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Extra Virgin is pure delight. Annie Hawes has written a memoir as lovely as the Italian Riviera. Susan Isaacs New York Times Bestselling Author In 1983, a pale Annie Hawes and her equally pale sister leave England for the sun - drenched olive groves of a small Italian town in Liguria. With fantasies of handsome tanned men and swimming in the sea urging them on they are hired to work for ten weeks to graft roses - - of which they have little knowledge - - along the Italian Riviera board and lodging included. But none of the men seem to be under forty and Ligurians have particular ideas about life including swimming (" To go swimming in seawater outside the month of July or August is even worse for your health than drinking cappuccino after twelve noon!"). But Annie and her sister are captivated by San Pietro's quirkiness and beauty and suddenly their brief stay stretches into years as they are bemused charmed and ultimately accepted by the eccentric inhabitants of their adopted home.
Title: Extra Virgin A Young Woman Discovers The Italian Riviera Where Every Month Is Enchanted
Author(s): Hawes Annie
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780060958114
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/2/2002