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The humorous true tale of how the author moved?against his will and his better judgement?to Italy with his wife, only to rediscover himself, his marriage, and the importance of getting in touch with his inner Italian. After years of working on a string of sitcoms, Phil Doran suddenly found himself on the outside looking in. Just as he and his peers had replaced the older guys when he was coming up the ranks, it was now happening to him. And it was freaking him out. decided it was finally time for a change?so on one of her many solo trips to Italy she surprised him by purchasing a broken-down three-hundred-year-old farmhouse for them to restore. The Reluctant Tuscan is the author's transition from a successful but overworked writer-producer in Hollywood to a man rediscovering himself and his wife while in Italy, finding happiness in the last place he expected to. bureaucracy just to get a road paved to their house; dealing with the foibles of their neighbors and the tangled drama of the family who sold them the home; coming to accept that the Italians live with a million laws and no rules; and learning that everything closes down for four hours in the middle of the day for lunch, wine-drinking, and lovemaking?all while Doran becomes slowly seduced by the inexhaustible beauty and tactile pleasures of Tuscany.
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Praise for The Reluctant Tuscan:
"Doran’s brutally funny accounts . . . are enough to keep readers hooked until the last page."
—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
" . . . disarmingly funny."
—THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
"A truly funny book that reveals Italy as never before."
—THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
About the Author
A TV producer for more than twenty-five years, Phil Doran worked as a writer-producer for such successful shows as Sanford and Son, Too Close for Comfort, Who’s the Boss?, and The Wonder Years, as well as writing episodes of The Bob Newhart Show and writing for such variety-show stars as Tim Conway, the Smothers Brothers, and Tony Orlando. He received an Emmy nomination, a Humanitas Award, and the Population Institute Award for his work on All in the Family. He has also written a screenplay for Tri-Star, two stage plays that were produced in Los Angeles, and travel articles for the Los Angeles Times. He and his wife divide their time between Tuscany and their home in California.
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- PublisherVirgin Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0753510154
- ISBN 13 9780753510155
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages278
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