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Living in a Foreign Language
Michael Tucker
A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in Italy
Atlantic Monthly Press
July 2007
On Sale: July 10, 2007
272 pages ISBN: 0871139626 EAN: 9780871139627 Hardcover
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The actor Michael Tucker and his wife, the actress Jill
Eikenberry, having sent their last child off to college,
were vacationing in Italy when they happened upon a small
cottage nestled in the Umbrian countryside. The
three-hundred-fifty-year-old rustico sat perched on a hill
in the verdant Spoleto valley amid an olive grove and fruit
trees of every kind. For the Tuckers, it was literally love
at first sight, and the couple purchased the house without
testing the water pressure or checking for signs of
termites. Shedding the vestiges of their American life,
Michael and Jill endeavored to learn the language,
understand the nuances of Italian culture, and build a home
in this new chapter of their lives. Both a celebration of a
good marriage and a careful study of the nature of home,
Living in a Foreign Language is a gorgeous, organic
travelogue written with an epicurean’s delight in detail and
a gourmand’s appreciation for all things fine.
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