Friday,
July 27,
Life After TV:
The
ANNOTICO Report
Michael Taylor and Jill Eickenberry
on- and off-screen mates of “L.A. Law" have done what seems to
becoming a "rite of passage", for Hollywood stars, and purchased a
350-year-old stone cottage in
Tucker says that
in
The Italians have
much to teach Americans. They tell how they returned to
You may remember
him as Stuart Markowitz, the distinguished lawyer and counterpart to Ann
Kelsey, played by Jill Eickenberry, his on- and
off-screen mate. But "L.A. Law" star Michael Tucker is signing more
books than autographs these days, as he and Eickenberry
follow a national book tour schedule they say is more intense than any work
they've done.
Tucker, 62, and Eickenberry, 60, have done a lot: movies, TV, stage, a
documentary film, and a previous book for Tucker.
"Living
in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Love in
But this couple
knows how to reinvent themselves. They lived high-octane lives as celebrities
-- both receiving Emmy nominations -- and much of their energy went into their
careers and children. So when the lights of
But it wasn't
until they stumbled onto their dream house in
The two purchased
a 350-year-old stone cottage in
Tucker says that
in
The Italians have
much to teach Americans, he said. He and Eickenberry
tell how they returned to
It has been exciting
for Eickenberry to see readers' responses to the
book. "Mike has such an effortless way of writing," she said.
"He's not a tortured writer; he loves the process. He even loves to go
back to rewrite, as it's not a painful experience for him. He seems to revel in
it."
The enthusiastic
response to Tucker's book makes Eickenberry think
there is a need for a different kind of lifestyle in
For now, however,
all of their family has gathered in
Not that they
will abandon their Umbrian home; they plan to return as often as they can.
Predating the cottage itself is a stone oven where the entire community would
come together to bake bread. It's a fitting metaphor for the way
This turn of
events, said Tucker, is a fitting subject for his next book.
Lisa
Albers is a Seattle-based freelance writer and editor who can be reached at lisaalbers@comcast.net
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