Reluctant Tuscan, The
Author: Phil Doran
Rising From The Mist in the sun-blushed hills of Tuscany is Il Piccolo Rustico, a 300-year-old stone farmhouse that Nancy Doran dreams of lovingly restoring into an idlyllic home. All her husband Phil can see is a crumbling money pit that, as far as dreams go, is more of a nightmare.Reluctantly leaving behind high -octane, air-conditioned Los Angeles where he lives and wor….Read More
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