The Reluctant Tuscan
How I Discovered My Inner Italian
Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · March 23, 2006
After years of working on a string of sitcoms, Phil Doran found himself on the outside looking in.
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- Who it’s for
- A burnt-out Hollywood writer finds an unexpected reset in Italy, with humor kept close at hand.
- Themes
- Personal reinvention, Rediscovering a marriage, Finding happiness in Italy
- Genres
- Italy Travel, Personal Memoirs, Humor
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After years of working on a string of sitcoms, Phil Doran found himself on the outside looking in. Just as he and his peers had replaced the older guys when he was coming up the ranks, it was now happening to him. And it was freaking him out. He came home every night angry, burned- out, and exhausted.
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After twenty-five years of losing her husband to Hollywood, Doran’s wife decided it was finally time for a change—so on one of her many solo trips to Italy she surprised her husband by purchasing a broken-down 300-year-old farmhouse for them to restore. The Reluctant Tuscan is about the author’s transition from being a successful but overworked writer-producer in Hollywood to rediscovering himself and his wife while in Italy, and finding happiness in the last place he expected. In the witty tone that made him a success as a writer in Hollywood, The Reluctant Tuscan captivates those who simply love a good travel narrative as well as anyone who loves the quirky humor of Bill Bryson, Dave Barry, and Jerry Seinfeld.
A Change of Scene
A burnt-out Hollywood writer finds an unexpected reset in Italy, with humor kept close at hand.
Come here for
- Travel memoir with a comic edge
- A midlife change of scene
Expect
- A shift from work-worn Hollywood life toward rediscovery
- Wry humor alongside a search for happiness in Italy
Where it sits
| Personal Memoirs | 51% |
|---|---|
| Italy Travel | 46% |
| Humor | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Italy Travel
- Travel Writing
- Authors
- Phil Doran
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Published
- March 23, 2006
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Personal reinvention · Rediscovering a marriage · Finding happiness in Italy
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs