Tales from Tavanti: An American Woman's Mid-life Adventure in Italy [signed]

Her son went to college. She went to Italy. After ten years as a single mother, Rebecca Bricker was ready for an adventure. When her only child left for college, she gently informed him, “I’m going out the door behind you with my passport in my pocket.” No empty nest for her. In fact, she sold the nest, shed half of her belongings, put the other half in storage and headed to Italy. Rebecca took an apartment in Florence on a lively street called Via Tavanti and within days, her UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN fantasy ruptured along with a pipe leading from one of her two bidets. She tried not to take it as a bad omen. But when she incurred the wrath of her Mafia princess neighbor, Rebecca knew she had only two choices: run like hell or let the drama unfold. She opted for DRAMA. TALES FROM TAVANTI is the funny, poignant, romantic story of Rebecca’s mid-life gap year abroad that will touch a tender spot, where dreams waiting to be fulfilled reside.