Notes from a Roman Terrace - Hardcover

Marble, Joan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385604777 ISBN 13: 9780385604772

Publisher: Transworld Pub, 2003

Synopsis

A delightful travel memoir of contemporary life in Rome, by the author of the well-loved Notes from an Italian Garden.

Joan Marble has lived in a sixteenth-century Roman palazzo apartment with husband Robert, a sculptor, for over forty years. A lifetime of mingling with the citizens of Rome and pottering about on her beloved terrace above the city rooftops has resulted in this warm and witty book.

Highly personal and brimming with anecdote, history and insight, Joan’s experience of Rome and Romans is infected by her contagious fascination for plants, a hobby she shares every week with the Women’s Gardening Club of Rome. She includes an insider’s view of Italian fellow gardening-obsessives, and an authoritative view of famous Italian Gardens. Woven into her gardening tales are her informed views on everyday life in the city; of partying, politics and popes; of bicycle thieves and cat-catchers, and how to deal with those friends-of-friends who arrive so regularly in Rome with nowhere to stay.

Imbued with a special feel for history and human observation, this idiosyncratic study of Joan’s beloved home will delight armchair gardeners and travellers alike.

About this title

About the Author

Joan Marble is a member of the Rome Garden Club and the Foreign Journalists Association in Rome.

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For over 40 years, Boston born journalist Joan Marble has lived with her husband in a 16th century palazzo apartment in Rome. Notes from a Roman Terrace, her enchanting memoir, is the result of a lifetime of mingling with the natives and cultivating her beloved rooftop garden. Highly personal and brimming with anecdote, history, and insight, it ranges from gardening concerns including the difficulties of rooftop irrigation and the Darwinian theory of earthworms to informed views on everyday life in the city: of partying, politics, and popes, and dealing with those friends of friends who seem to land so regularly in Rome without accommodations. Imbued with a special feel for history and human observation, and scattered with serious gardening tips, this intimate record of Marble s adopted home will enchant armchair travelers and gardeners alike.|travel memoir of contemporary life in Rome, by the author of the well-loved Notes from an Italian Garden.

Joan Marble has lived in a sixteenth-century Roman palazzo apartment with husband Robert, a sculptor, for over forty years. A lifetime of mingling with the citizens of Rome and pottering about on her beloved terrace above the city rooftops has resulted in this warm and witty book.

Highly personal and brimming with anecdote, history and insight, Joan s experience of Rome and Romans is infected by her contagious fascination for plants, a hobby she shares every week with the Women s Gardening Club of Rome. She includes an insider s view of Italian fellow gardening-obsessives, and an authoritative view of famous Italian Gardens. Woven into her gardening tales are her informed views on everyday life in the city; of partying, politics and popes; of bicycle thieves and cat-catchers, and how to deal with those friends-of-friends who arrive so regul

Edition details

• Publisher: Transworld Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385604777
• ISBN 13: 9780385604772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 289