Welcome to A Tour of the Heart
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A Tour of the Heart: A Seductive Cycling Trip Through France, part memoir, part love story, is a romantic ode to the most visited country in the world.
Told by a proudly-feminine and sophisticated travel writer, an expert in all things French, searching for harmony and true love with her super-cyclist boyfriend. A Tour of the Heart will keep you bien captivé through its many twists and turns.
A Tour of the Heart highlights the life of a travel writer, France, cycling, food and wine, the Tour de France and the joys and travails of traveling à deux. The freedom, the challenges, the ups and downs, the discoveries around every bend, pedaling the bucolic roads of France is an adventure—and so is their love…
“Maribeth is a first-rate tour guide.”
Associated Press
CONTENTS
Part One
Putting the Wheels in Motion
Shifting Gears
Storybook Alsace
Beautiful Burgundy
The Sun Doesn’t Always Shine in Provence
Navigating Languedoc-Roussillon
Living Large in the Southwest
Room with a View in Versailles and Not So Romantic Paris
Part Two
Prelude to the Tour
Alpine Adventures
Almost Solo in the Loire
Paris and a Triumphant Finish
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Click here to read a story from THE TELLURIDE DAILY PLANET
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Click here to read a story from THE SARATOGIAN
Click here to read Five Questions from The Troy Record
Click here to read a story from Telluride Magazine (go to p. 30 of their latest issue)
Click here to read a review from FRENCH VILLAGE DIARIES
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Please note that the below map is featured in the book, however, there will be more detailed maps of all the regions covered in A Tour of the Heart at www.atouroftheheart.com which will go live early 2013.
You’re too much! I definately want to purchase three autographed copies. One to Rosa Lea Davis thanking her for all the great times we’ve had together (biking and Italy) and one for Joe Siedlecki who has done the ride from Durango to Telluride (in a day) and whose company has more inspired me to ride harder & longer than I thought possible. And I want an Autographed copy to put into my library along side my autographed Graham Watson book.
Hope this turns into a bestseller for you!!
Let me know how / where to purchase my autographed copies!
Hi Maribeth :
Wow, I hope your book is a winner. Will read the sneak peaks and see if you and Howard can start a contest. Let me know when it hits the stores.
See you late this fall.
Frank
Maribeth,
Congratulations–another accomplishment for the resume of your life!
Looking forward to reading about the adventure.
Lisa
congratulations, Maribeth! Maybe you’ll come cycling our way in Provence one of these days…
Well, Ms. Maribeth Clemente!! I really must take issue with you and your new book – A tour of the Heart!! It was one thing when I started it in the tub last night before dinner… I got sucked in immediately and had no desire to get out of the tub and actually cook dinner for my family because that would have meant putting down the book…However, today is another matter entirely: I’M AT WORK:( – I can’t just sit here and read all day! That could eventually cause some problems, but I hate being away from Bessie and Pete and, OF COURSE France! Ahh, alas, perhaps I’ll have to do a little work today, duty calls:( But straight back to the “tour” afterwards!
Congratulations Maribeth, All your hours of organizing and reliving those days have paid off in a wonderful adventure for everyone to read. You certainly peaked my interest in going to yet another trip so I can experience the beauty of France on a bike. I have my favorite chapters so I am sure I will re-read this many times.
Maribeth, I just could not put your book down. Hurricane Sandy paid us a visit last Monday and we had been out of power until this past Monday evening. There wasn’t much to look forward to without having any power for all those days. Each evening when I came home from work, I would snuggle under our wonderful down comforter with a flashlight to read your book. Your book transported me to Beautiful France. I loved learning where the word “Mistral” came from and you had many other explanations as well throughout your book. I am very anxious now to discover your other books.
I loved reading, A TOUR OF THE HEART! Maribeth’s book is thoroughly enjoyable. All the descriptions about: cycling, France, Inns, scenery, cafes, etc. made it seem as though I was there. Maribeth is truly a gifted writer. This book is well worth the read and won’t disappoint you. I highly recommend it and hope that Maribeth will write more like it. Happy Reading, Lisa Perfetti





































Congratulations on your new publications.
athena