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"""A worthy debut memoir of moving to Italy and extensively remodeling a house."" -Kirkus Review ""A wisdom-filled memoir that doubles as a sweeping travelogue reaching from Boston to Sardinia and back again. Gorgeously written and culturally astute."" -The Boston Globe When a big-city journalist quits her dream job to move to a remote Italian island for love, she discovers a whole new life beyond the romantic fantasies of Italy spun by books and movies. Struggling to adapt to a different culture, she buys a quirky house in the Sardinian countryside, goes to art school and becomes obsessed with home improvement and renovation. Ultimately, her ex-pat adventure opens her world to making and embracing art in life and home, understanding, ultimately that home is where the ""art"" is."

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A wisdom-filled memoir that doubles as a sweeping travelogue reaching from Boston to Sardinia and back again. Gorgeously written and culturally astute. -The Boston Globe A worthy debut memoir of moving to Italy and extensively remodeling a house. -Kirkus Review Pamela Reynolds writes with an abundance of wit, warmth, and grace -- the same qualities with which she lives her life -Ed Siegel, founding editor and critic-at-large at WBUR's The ARTery Beautifully constructed, evocative, and emotional, this author's first non-fiction story will capture your heart and mind. Read it, and you will find yourself there too. It shouts: When is the movie coming out? -Karen Gross, author and educator; former President of Southern Vermont College and Senior Advisor to the U.S. Department of Education A delightful tale embodying both the American and Italian fascination with house and home. -Plinio Innocenzi, author of The Innovators Behind Leonardo It was so absorbing. AND the writing is terrific. I feel like I just finished a huge bag of potato chips and lost track of time. -Jane Simon, former graphic designer, The Boston Globe

A wisdom-filled memoir that doubles as a sweeping travelogue reaching from Boston to Sardinia and back again. Gorgeously written and culturally astute. -The Boston Globe Pamela Reynolds writes with an abundance of wit, warmth, and grace -- the same qualities with which she lives her life -Ed Siegel, founding editor and critic-at-large at WBUR's The ARTery Beautifully constructed, evocative, and emotional, this author's first non-fiction story will capture your heart and mind. Read it, and you will find yourself there too. It shouts: When is the movie coming out? -Karen Gross, author and educator; former President of Southern Vermont College and Senior Advisor to the U.S. Department of Education A delightful tale embodying both the American and Italian fascination with house and home. -Plinio Innocenzi, author of The Innovators Behind Leonardo It was so absorbing. AND the writing is terrific. I feel like I just finished a huge bag of potato chips and lost track of time. -Jane Simon, former graphic designer, The Boston Globe

"""A wisdom-filled memoir that doubles as a sweeping travelogue reaching from Boston to Sardinia and back again. Gorgeously written and culturally astute."" -The Boston Globe ""A worthy debut memoir of moving to Italy and extensively remodeling a house."" -Kirkus Review ""Pamela Reynolds writes with an abundance of wit, warmth, and grace -- the same qualities with which she lives her life"" -Ed Siegel, founding editor and critic-at-large at WBUR's The ARTery ""Beautifully constructed, evocative, and emotional, this author's first non-fiction story will capture your heart and mind. Read it, and you will find yourself there too. It shouts: When is the movie coming out?"" -Karen Gross, author and educator; former President of Southern Vermont College and Senior Advisor to the U.S. Department of Education ""A delightful tale embodying both the American and Italian fascination with house and home."" -Plinio Innocenzi, author of The Innovators Behind Leonardo ""It was so absorbing. AND the writing is terrific. I feel like I just finished a huge bag of potato chips and lost track of time."" -Jane Simon, former graphic designer, The Boston Globe"

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"Pamela Reynolds is an award-winning writer and artist who has written for numerous lifestyle magazines and blogs. Formerly a writer and editor at The Boston Globe, she currently writes on the visual arts for WBUR, an NPR affiliate in Boston. Pamela studied painting in Italy. Her paintings belong to several corporate collections and were featured in two major motion pictures. She has added Washington D.C. to her list of ""hometowns."" Find out more at www.pamreynolds.com."

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