{"product_id":"a-house-in-sicily-paperback","title":"A House in Sicily - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaphne Phelps\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDenis Mack Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe captivating memoir of a resourceful woman who started life anew in the \"most beautiful house in Sicily\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For fifty years, at Casa Cuseni in the small Sicilian town of Taormina, Daphne Phelps has extended her English charm and warm hospitality to seasoned travelers and professional escapists as well as to writers and artists like Tennessee Williams, Bertrand Russell, Henry Faulkner, and Roald Dahl. This memoir tells their story, and hers.\u003cbr\u003e It begins in 1947 when, thirty-four years old and war-weary, a modest Englishwoman arrived in Taormina with little Italian, less money, and a plan to sell the property she had unexpectedly inherited. Instead, she fell in love, not just with the airy quarters of the golden stone house on a hillside but also with a community and its way of life. To save Casa Cuseni from certain demolition, Daphne converted her enchanting inheritance into the wondrous pensione that for nearly half a century she has run with the blessing of every Taorminan from the local silk-shirted godfather, Don Ciccio, to Concetta Genio, her steadfast cook, housekeeper, and friend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A loving portrait ... of a vanishing way of life.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The often humorous clash of cultures ... [and] the stories of the ordinary Sicilian men and women who populate the pages that make this book, and this place, so special, ... so thoroughly alive.\" \u003ci\u003e-- Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiane Phelps\u003c\/b\u003e's Sicilian house and garden have been featured in \u003ci\u003eThe World of Interiors\u003c\/i\u003e and numerous other publications. \u003ci\u003eA House in Sicily\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenis Mack Smith\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eModern Italy: A Political History\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMussolini: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.15 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180153553145,"sku":"9780786707942","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/RjZOa1liaDdHbVlCZDdQRWR3OTN3QT09.webp?v=1767733447","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-house-in-sicily-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}