Article: A LOVE AFFAIR WITH ITALY IN 'TUSCAN SUN'.(News)

Byline: Kelly Carter Los Angeles Times

In the Hollywood version of Frances Mayes' 1996 best-selling memoir "Under the Tuscan Sun," there are no car chases. No murders or ghosts, either, though some of the filmmakers who vied for the project suggested them to spice up the tale of an American academic renovating a dilapidated villa in the Italian countryside.

There is, however, a dashing Italian lover -- something missing from the story as Mayes actually lived it. Her thin brown eyebrows rise practically to her hairline when that comes up. Then she drawls out the quip she's fond of offering her husband these days: "Too bad I missed out with Raoul Bova. ...

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