Kit Raine, an American writer living in Tuscany, is working on a biography of a friend. Her work is interrupted by the arrival of Julia, Camille, and Susan, all of whom have launched a recent and spontaneous friendship. Susan, the most adventurous of the three, has enticed them to subvert expectations of staid retirement by taking a lease on a big, beautiful house in Tuscany. Though novices in a foreign culture, their renewed sense of adventure imbues...

This collection of introspective and personal essays focuses on the concept of ?home? while touching on topics as diverse as Disneyland, lovers, eco-tourism, shopping, serious illness and writers who only start to blossom in their old age.