{"product_id":"under-magnolia-a-southern-memoir-9780307885913","title":"Under Magnolia: A Southern Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes  the Bard of Tuscany  about coming of age in the Deep South and the regions powerful influence on her life.  The author of three beloved books about her life in Italy  including Under the Tuscan Sun and Every Day in Tuscany  Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald  Georgia. With her signature style and grace  Mayes explores the power of landscape  the idea of home  and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family.  From her years as a spirited  secretive child  through her university studiesa period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travelto her escape to a new life in California  Mayes exuberantly recreates the intense relationships of her past  recounting the bitter and sweet stories of her complicated family: her beautiful yet fragile mother  Frankye; her unpredictable father  Garbert; Daddy Jack  whose life Garbert saved; grandmother Mother Mayes; and the family maid  Francess confidant Willie Bell.  Under Magnolia is a searingly honest  humorous  and moving ode to family and place  and a thoughtful meditation on the ways they define us  or cause us to define ourselves. With acute sensory language  Mayes relishes the sweetness of the South  the smells and tastes at her family table  the fragrance of her hometown trees  and writes an unforgettable story of a girl whose perspicacity and dawning self-knowledge lead her out of the South and into the rest of the world  and then to a profound return home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648276160565,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307885917","price":31.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307885913.jpg?v=1781715284","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/under-magnolia-a-southern-memoir-9780307885913","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}