Andiamo!: Letters From Italy

In letters home to her parents during 1974-1977, Francie, age thirty-four, relates the day-to-day challenges, joys, and discoveries of starting life in Rome with three children-ages five, four, and eight months-in a spacious home on the fabled Appia Antica with no furnishings and a husband working non-stop as the newly appointed general manager of Procter & Gamble's Italian business.

Her letters glow with candor, humor, and utterly unexpected challenges as they bring to life Francie's abilit...