Pinch Me
Waking Up in a 300-Year-Old Italian Farmhouse
Barbara Boyle
- For
- fans
- of
- Stanley
- Tucci
- and
- Frances
- Mayes,
- Barbara
- Boyle’s
- story
- of
- leaving
- her
- California
- home
- to
- restore
- an
- old
- stone
- farmhouse
- in
- Italy’s
- Piedmont—only
- to
- fall
- in
- love
- with
- the
- food
- and
- people
- of
- her
- enchanting
- new
- town—will
- delight
- and
- inspire.An
- updated
- twist
- on
- the
- classic
- Under
- the
- Tuscan
- Sun,
- this
- is
- the
- deeply
- personal
- story
- of
- how
- fiftysomething
- Barbara
- Boyle
- leaves
- her
- busy
- and
- familiar
- life
- behind
- in
- San
- Francisco
- and
- begins
- taking
- apart
- a
- 300-year-old
- stone
- barn
- to
- build
- a
- new
- home—a
- new
- life—in
- the
- largely
- undiscovered
- region
- of
- Piedmont,
- Italy.Filled
- with
- discoveries
- and
- pleasures
- of
- the
- stunning
- places
- and
- food
- she
- encounters,
- Pinch
- Me
- also
- details
- Barbara’s
- frustrations
- in
- adjusting
- to
- a
- new
- culture,
- as
- well
- as
- the
- startling
- heartbreak
- of
- being
- faced
- with
- a
- breast
- cancer
- diagnosis.
- But
- even
- in
- the
- midst
- of
- this
- crisis,
- she
- and
- her
- husband
- create
- a
- home
- out
- of
- the
- stone
- ruin
- they
- had
- found,
- forming
- deep
- friendships
- in
- their
- little
- town
- and
- unlocking
- a
- new
- level
- of
- joy
- in
- life.
- She
- shares
- intimate
- moments,
- joyous
- and
- bittersweet,
- as
- a
- new
- wife,
- stepmom,
- and
- a
- member
- of
- a
- community—and,
- of
- course,
- she
- shares
- a
- few
- recipes
- reflecting
- the
- gastronomical
- excellence
- of
- the
- region.A
- touching
- memoir
- filled
- with
- food,
- friendships,
- and
- scenes
- of
- Italy,
- Pinch
- Me
- is
- ultimately
- a
- celebration
- of
- love,
- of
- learning
- to
- see
- the
- world,
- as
- well
- as
- oneself,
- through
- a
- different
- window,
- and
- of
- the
- powerful
- joy
- that
- comes
- from
- building
- a dream.
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