Alba Donati was used to her hectic life working as a book publicist in Italy -- a life that made her happy and allowed her to meet prominent international authors -- but she was ready to make a change. One day she decided to return to Lucignana, the small village in the Tuscan hills where she was born. There she opened a tiny but enchanting bookshop in a lovely little cottage on a hill, surrounded by gardens filled with roses and peonies.