Fire Exit: A Senior American's Search for a Better Life in Italy

Italy was in his blood. Proving it to the Italian government was another matter.

Sixty-five-year-old Glen P. Vecchione was done with the corporate world, but he wasn't ready for the "happy hour and pickleball" culture of San Diego. Restless, disconnected, and aching for his roots, he has a chance meeting with a tourist that sparks a radical idea: What if he swapped his retirement community for a village in Umbria?

Fire Exit: A Senior American's Search for a Better Life in Italy is the authent...