--- product_id: 13991091 title: "Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted" brand: "annie hawes" price: "68.06 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/13991091-extra-virgin-a-young-woman-discovers-the-italian-riviera-where store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted **Brand:** annie hawes **Price:** 68.06 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted by annie hawes - **How much does it cost?** 68.06 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/13991091-extra-virgin-a-young-woman-discovers-the-italian-riviera-where) ## Best For - annie hawes enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted annie hawes brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted ## Images ![Extra Virgin: A Young Woman Discovers the Italian Riviera, Where Every Month Is Enchanted - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71dySismJOL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Made me feel at home! *by L***E on Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2010* My family is actually from a small village in Liguria - not Diano San Pietro, but pretty close - and this memoir made me feel right at home again! Granted, when this story began in 1983, I was a mere 2 years old, and comfortably living in the United States, but snippets of her book rang amazingly true and brought me back to my youth and of visiting my family who still lives there! Hawes' account is so accurate that I found myself laughing out loud and relating to the ridiculousness of some of the old wives' tales that she encountered as I've also experienced them first hand myself."Euh!" which is a phrase often used in this text is something that you will still hear repeatedly in this region of Italy. More often than not, it is more like a "Euuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh!" but none the less, I was hysterical with laughter with each use of it in the story. Her descriptions of the meals are also spot-on accurate. Even when visiting now, I have to prepare myself for the numerous courses you are expected to ingest at each meal. I also remember specifically being warned of the "colpo d'aria" by an old lady while riding in a compartment train in insane heat in July one summer. At the time, there was no air conditioning on the train and since we were all sweaty, I was yelled at for trying to open the window to circulate the air, and told I would for sure catch pneumonia - much in the same way the author was told that was bound to happen if you went swimming in the sea outside the months of July and August. But I must say the part that had me laughing the most was the section on the panettone. I've never cared for panettone, yet every time I visit, my family feels to need to purchase numerous panettone in those huge boxes. It's sort of like the dreaded fruit-cake that just seems to get re-gifted every Christmas back at home in the U.S.This memoir was beautifully and accurately written. The author really nailed the culture of this region in Italy - a gorgeous region on the Italian Riviera that for one reason or another, never gets as much hype as the hills of Tuscany - despite it's rich culture. If you want to read an honest, true account of living in a small farming village in Italy, THIS book is perfect. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars A Sparkling Italian Wine *by C***G on Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2006* This is a delightful book. Ms. Hawes does a terrific job of bringing the reader into her experience of living in the rural Italian culture as a non-Italian--the confusion, the complications, the hard work, the education and the fun. The characters of her life are not romanticized, but portrayed with both honesty and affection adding an authentic feel often missing in memoirs such as these. Her sense of humor and tongue-in-cheek view of many situations are laugh out loud funny and enhance the pleasure of the read. The cultural misunderstandings between the Italian way and the English way are finely drawn and leave the reader feeling that differences are not only okay, but happy coexistence is all the more interesting because of them.I loved this book and highly recommend it to others who enjoy Italy and maybe don't have the opportunity to get off the beaten track and really absorb it as they would like. Worth a first read, and a second, too. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful *by B***W on Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2024* I loved the authors story telling and the images of her Italian neighbors. 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