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My Renaissance: A Widow's Healing Pilgrimage to Tuscany » (1ST)
Authors: Rose Marie Curteman
ISBN-13: 9781892123916, ISBN-10: 1892123916
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Capital Books, Incorporated
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: 1ST
Author Biography: Rose Marie Curteman
Rose Marie Curteman lives in Seattle Washington where she has been a fund-development consultant for major organizations. She also spent several years in the Middle East as a public relations liaison. She is currently working on a book about her experiences in the Middle East. She holds a Master’s degree in English Literature from Seattle University and began her career as an English Literature teacher.
Book Synopsis
A moving story of love, loss, and rebirth - a book that lifts the spirit, warms the heart, and reawakens us to the joys of life.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | ix | |
| Introduction | xi | |
| Part I | Love | |
| Chapter 1 | The Spring of New Love | 3 |
| Chapter 2 | Ti Amo Piu Che Mai | 13 |
| Part II | Loss | |
| Chapter 3 | In a Gloomy Wood | 21 |
| Chapter 4 | An Abominable Region | 33 |
| Chapter 5 | Demons on Our Way | 42 |
| Chapter 6 | Inferno | 52 |
| Chapter 7 | A Falling Star | 59 |
| Chapter 8 | Good Night, Sweet Prince | 72 |
| Part III | Healing | |
| Chapter 9 | Reinvesting in Life Again | 81 |
| Chapter 10 | A Greedy, Lusty Sensualist | 87 |
| Chapter 11 | The Medicis Had Balls | 97 |
| Chapter 12 | We Will Be Your Family | 103 |
| Chapter 13 | A Visit to a Stud Farm | 112 |
| Chapter 14 | Shared Atrocities | 121 |
| Chapter 15 | Heroes Bringing Gifts of Light | 127 |
| Chapter 16 | The Mafia and Art | 135 |
| Chapter 17 | A Myth for Teresa | 140 |
| Chapter 18 | Where Angels Tread | 146 |
| Chapter 19 | Santo Cielo | 155 |
| Chapter 20 | Roma: Paradiso | 160 |
| Chapter 21 | Fail-Safe Aphrodisiacs | 168 |
| Chapter 22 | A Road Map for Others | 180 |
| Chapter 23 | Ladies in Red Dresses | 189 |
| Chapter 24 | Arrivederci Firenze | 196 |
| Epilogue | 203 | |
| Selected Bibliography | 207 |
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