This is a hefty book; more than 400 pages, so will take awhile. It is about three American women in the second half of their lives who are looking, but not ready to move to retirement communities. (Why do these places have the Meadow as part of their names? Because they put us to pasture..)
They met at a presentation and clicked. Developed friendship and decided to rent - as a start - a villa in Tuscany. They and a dog.
But the twist is that their story is being narrated by another American leaving in Tuscany, a writer who had won several awards, wrote poetry and biographies and is now struggling to write a biography of a former friend, herself a writer.
At some point the narrator - Kit - notices how many individuals associated with writing live in that neighborhood.
I had to reread the first chapter - all of them are short - because Kit, the narrator, digressed so much that I lost the line of the story. (Starting a book before going to bed is not the smartest thing..)
"Kit" takes her time introducing us to each of the women: their lives before the changes and the reality that as one ages, one loses friends. Some die, some retire, some develop dementia... So while leery at first, they do welcome forming new friendship.
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