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The Big Books of Summer 2025
Robin
Robin asked Frances Mayes:

In writing your memoir, what was the most thrilling part of exploring your past? And the most challenging?

Frances Mayes Under Magnolia came to me in a rush of memories. I said there that I felt that I was holding onto a horse that bolted the barn! Thrilling--the process of gathering the material into discrete chapters. Challenging--revisiting the painful parts.
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Cate
Cate asked Frances Mayes:

After reading Under The Tuscan Sun and getting a divorce, I moved to an island and am now a writer.. Thank You. Life is too short not to take a leap of faith.

Ellen Jeffery
Ellen Jeffery asked Frances Mayes:

Frances, I am particularly taken with your lush descriptive passages. You have the ability to paint a scene with words that makes me feel as though I am truly there. Did you take note of your surroundings with such detail even as a child?

Priya Iyer
Priya Iyer asked Frances Mayes:

I loved your travel books about Italy and other parts of the world. Do you also plan to travel to India sometime? What about a book reading in a few cities of India? Would love to have a copy of your book signed by you!

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