Living in a Foreign Language
By Michael Tucker
Indulge in the full sensory story
of American ex-Pats who impulsively buy a rustico, a cottage home in Northern
Italy, and literally move into la bella vita. In this full bodied memoir, the
author vividly shares the warmth, fun, humor, romance and the spirited aspects
of this joyful, life adventure, especially the amazing meals. These meals are
daily opportunities to treat the taste buds, as well as appreciate the fine art
behind the cooking, and linger over the loving company of friends and family.
After years living the fast paced lifestyles of New York and California, wedded
actors Michael Tucker and Jill Eikenberry decided that “spring was about
change, and so were we.” And so they began Living
in a Foreign Language.
It’s true that they could not
speak Italian when they decided to move there, but as they began to learn the
language, they also learned that people communicate in many ways. It’s
refreshing to read how their forays into daily, Italian life show the bright
and positive parts of human nature. And the cooking, have I mentioned the
cooking! This author is an epic epicure. His tenderly detailed descriptions of
collaborative meal preparations, along with the lingering scenes savoring the
results of their labors, matched with the chosen wines virtually delight all
the senses.
The heartfelt picture the author
paints of this beautiful country and people creates an insatiable longing for
all they discovered, and an aspiration to take time to sculpt aspects of this
bravissimo life into wherever you call home. This memoir is above all a love
story. A love for the vitality of life, for bold changes that bring exciting
results, and a love between two people that overflows to everyone around them. “To
have the partner of a lifetime – for a lifetime – is rare stuff. We’d be fools
not to indulge it to the limit. What extraordinary freedom it is not to care
about up or down, rich or poor, East Coast, West Coast, as long as we’re in the
taxi together.”
Michael Tucker’s writing is
delightful, conversational, beautifully descriptive, and almost lyrical as it
wanders through Italian countryside and cities with great humor and affection.
He makes the effort to really bring to life the people, situations
and scenes for his readers’ enjoyment. A veteran stage, film, and television
actor, perhaps best known for his role on the long-running television series L.A. Law, this is his second book. As
you read, you’ll wish it never ends. He’s found another calling as an author. Bravo!
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