{"product_id":"under-magnolia-a-southern-memoir-9780307885920","title":"Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region's powerful influence on her life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe author of three beloved books about her life in Italy, including \u003ci\u003eUnder the Tuscan Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvery Day in Tuscany\u003c\/i\u003e, Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style and grace, Mayes explores the power of landscape, the idea of home, and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom her years as a spirited, secretive child, through her university studies--a period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travel--to her escape to a new life in California, Mayes exuberantly recreates the intense relationships of her past, recounting the bitter and sweet stories of her complicated family: her beautiful yet fragile mother, Frankye; her unpredictable father, Garbert; Daddy Jack, whose life Garbert saved; grandmother Mother Mayes; and the family maid, Frances's confidant Willie Bell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder Magnolia\u003c\/i\u003e is a searingly honest, humorous, and moving ode to family and place, and a thoughtful meditation on the ways they define us, or cause us to define ourselves. With acute sensory language, Mayes relishes the sweetness of the South, the smells and tastes at her family table, the fragrance of her hometown trees, and writes an unforgettable story of a girl whose perspicacity and dawning self-knowledge lead her out of the South and into the rest of the world, and then to a profound return home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Mayes\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the now-classic \u003ci\u003eUnder the Tuscan Sun, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller for more than two and a half years and became a Touchstone movie starring Diane Lane. Other international bestsellers include: \u003ci\u003eBella Tuscany, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEveryday in Tuscany, A Year in the World, \u003c\/i\u003eand three illustrated books: \u003ci\u003eIn Tuscany, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBringing Tuscany Home, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Tuscan Sun Cookbook\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author of two novels, \u003ci\u003eSwan \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWomen in Sunlight. \u003c\/i\u003eShe has written six books of poetry and \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of Poetry. \u003c\/i\u003eThe most recent books are \u003ci\u003eSee You in the Piazza \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAlways Italy.\u003c\/i\u003e Her books have been translated into more than fifty languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872522440978,"sku":"9780307885920","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f7bbf56a-afae-4f8c-83db-9687605c28ba.jpg?v=1737900630","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/under-magnolia-a-southern-memoir-9780307885920","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}