Cheyenne's Reviews > A Thousand Days in Tuscany: A Bittersweet Adventure

Interesting read. Hard book to rate. I love much of the descriptive verses of food and scenery. I love her images of Venice... but, I just could not accept the entire concept of her relationship or his personality as described. She talks about this wonderful connection they have and then goes on to talk about how controlling he is and so very strange. This is supposed to be a story of how she actually fell in love and moved to Italy giving up all she knew. It just doesn't ring true or accurate in so many ways. If it was presented as fiction I may have enjoyed it more completely, thinking that our female character was in some kind of mental and emotional crisis hence all the inconsistencies. I have such mixed feeling about this one. I like the observations of her new city, the food, the local characters, and yet not the story they are written into about her love affair and marriage. There is such a disconnect. It stopped me short of becoming engaged in the love story and her life changes. As I love Italy and am always interested in gastronomic adventures I am glad I read it. Would I recommend it, to certain readers I know, yes.