Kinta Beevor: A Tuscan Childhood

A Tuscan Childhood


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"Wonderful...I fell immediately into her world, and was sorry when I reached the end." --Frances Mayes, author ofUnder the Tuscan Sun The sparkling memoir of an idyllic, bohemian childhood in an enchanted Tuscan castle between the wars. When Kinta Beeevor was five, her father, the painter Aubrey Waterfield, bought the sixteenth-century Fortezza della Brunella in the Tuscan village of Aulla. There her parents were part of a vibrant artistic community that included Aldous Huxley, Bernard Berenson, and D. H. Lawrence. Meanwhile, Kinta and her brother explored the glorious countryside, participated in the region's many seasonal rites and rituals, and came to know and love the charming, resilient Italian people. With the coming of World War II the family had to leave Aulla; years later, though, Kinta would return to witness the courage and skill of the Tuscan people as they rebuilt their lives. Lyrical and witty,A Tuscan Childhood is alive with the timeless splendour of Italy.

Amy Kurtz gets it .Starting in her mid-teens, she endured two “perfect storms” of illness that progressed into her twenties. It earned her the label “the sick chick” . . . and the shame, fear, isolation, and frustration that came with it. No one has any confidence in twelve-year-old Christopher Lane. His teachers discount him as a liar and a thief, and his mom doesn't have the energy to deal with him. But a mysterious visit from the Ministry of Education indicates that Chris might have some potential after all: He is invited to attend the prestigious Myers Holt Academy. It's Passion not Magic that unites a practical Highland warrior with a remarkable healer. Highland warrior Artair Sinclare is searching for his missing brother. When he finds the one woman who may know the answer, she is being burned at the stake for witchcraft. Ever practical, Love in the Western World download epub Artair doesn't believe in witchcraft but there is nothing practical about his attraction to the fiery healer. Beautiful and determined, Zia will not allow anyone to stand in her way of curing the sick. Trained in the ancient art of healing by the grandmother who raised her, Zia comes to realize that only with Artair's help will she be able to do her work. A sham marriage draws Artair and Zia closer together. But will they be able to overcome the secrets in both of their pasts that threaten to tear them apart?


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Author: Kinta Beevor
Number of Pages: 320 pages
Published Date: 08 Feb 2000
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Publication Country: New York, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780375704260
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