A place in the world : finding the meaning of home Cover Image

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A place in the world : finding the meaning of home / Frances Mayes.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593443330
ISBN: 0593443330
Physical Description: xxvi, 263 pages ; 22 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Crown, [2022]
Copyright: ℗♭2022.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface: I could live here -- Introduction: Imprint -- A house down south -- Lighting seven fireplaces -- Who lives here? -- Green world -- Camellia -- Magnolia -- Gardenia -- Sun standing still -- Secret spaces -- My Southern accent -- The ghost who cooks -- Yearning for sun -- Toward the Apennines, toward the lake -- Dinner / Cena -- Time difference -- Risking happiness -- Pure gold clasps -- Cucina povera / The poor kitchen -- Household shrine -- Exile 2020 -- Southern exposure -- The house on South Lee Street -- The monumental cakes of Frankye Davis Mayes -- Frankye's cookbooks -- And again to the Golden Isles -- Momentary homes -- Why not stay -- Blue apron -- Fragments -- A place to hide -- Water maze -- Friends at home -- Home thoughts: a litany -- The taste of memory -- Rhymes with home -- Changing the changes -- Memento vivere / Remember to live -- Why stay? -- Annals of stone -- "I left a basket of figs by your gate" -- Envoi: Architect.