Cucina Tipica

<h3>Escaping to Italy was the easy part. Figuring out how to stay forever is where the adventure begins...</h3><p>When disheartened American Jacoby Pines arrives in Italy on vacation he has no idea that a family photograph from the previous century would start a search for ancestry through the streets of Florence and the hills of Tuscany. </p><p>Jacoby's quest includes encounters with a septuagenarian ex-pat an elusive heiress in hiding a charming Australian museum guide a Pearl Jam-crazed artisan shoemaker malevolent hunters a needy border collie and one very large wild boar. Along the way there are magnificent wine-soaked meals at every turn and immersion in the sensory splendor and <em>la dolce vita</em> of Il Bel Paese. </p><h4>At the end of the novel on the morning of Jacoby's dreaded return to America a chance of remaining in Italy arrives in stunning news from abroad. But is it too late?</h4>