An Italian Affair
Laura Fraser
"My name's Laura Fraser. My last book is called "An Italian Affair." "An Italian Affair" is the story of what happened to me after my husband left me.
I was heartbroken and so in order to get over my feeling of devastation I went to Italy to recuperate. And there I kind of found that sorrow followed me wherever I went until I landed on this island called "Isquire." And there I met a french professor who spoke Italian. And we had three amazing days that just sort of brought me back to life.
We wrote to each other and then saw each other again, about every six months over the course of the next three years, in Morocco, London, San Francisco. One of my, one of the favorite moments for me in "An Italian Affair" was not in Italy. It was actually in San Francisco. And that had to do with falling back in love with my city. Because I had been very disillusioned because the dot.com explosion kind of made all the rents go up and all these artists had to leave town. And San Francisco really changed. And when my friend, the French professor came, I began to appreciate my city anew.
I think anyone who's gone through some sort of heartbreak just has to know that there's a good meal coming. I have read "Eat, Pray, Love," and a lot of people have compared "An Italian Affair" to "Eat, Pray, Love." In some ways, I feel like my book was the sort of spiritual big sister to that book.
I would recommend "An Italian Affair" to people who love food, people who love Italy, women's husbands just left them, and anyone who just kind of appreciates the sensual pleasures of sitting on an island with very little to do but eat, drink and swim, and make love.
I can't rate my own book. But I have to say that I love that book. I do. So, I'll give it all the stars."
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