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Daphne Phelps' house and garden has featured in The World of Interiors and was the subject of a Radio 3 programme. A House in Sicily is her first book.

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'Shrewd and sometimes wicked ... fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'Written with a masterful sense of narrative timing ... this is one of those books which doesn't end - you just have a sense of a life going on and on' IRISH TIMES 'A book as warm as the land it celebrates.' INDEPENDENT

'Shrewd and sometimes wicked ... fascinating' DAILY MAIL 'Written with a masterful sense of narrative timing ... this is one of those books which doesn't end - you just have a sense of a life going on and on' IRISH TIMES 'A book as warm as the land it celebrates.' INDEPENDENT

In 1947, when 34-year-old Englishwoman Phelps inherited her uncle's beautiful stone house in Taormina, Sicily, her first intention was to sell it. She, an Englishwoman in 1947, had neither the inclination nor the means to move to Sicily and take care of Casa CuseniÄbut that was before she made her first visit and fell in love with the house and the Italian way of life. In this memoir, Phelps, a psychiatric social worker, tells how she managed to keep her uncle's house by opening it to foreign visitorsÄwriters, painters, and those as enchanted as she was by the view of the snow-covered Mount EtnaÄdespite having little money and difficulties with the Italian officials. Like Frances Mayes in Under the Tuscan Sun (LJ 9/1/96), Phelps describes not only the beauty of the area but the local people who were always willing to help her, from Don Ciccio, the town's Mafia don, to loyal cook Concetta. Unlike Mayes, though, Phelps has had such notables as Bertrand Russell, Tennessee Williams, Roald Dahl, and Henry Faulkner stay with her, and she includes engaging stories about each. Particularly amusing is the account of Faulkner's visit, accompanied by six cats, three dogs, a duck, and a baby goat. A delightful, humorous book; strongly recommended for all public libraries.ÄNancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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