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A beautiful tale of a new life in France; an account of the highs and lows of restoring an olive farm, and the colourful characters met with in a typical Provencal village. It'll make you want to sell up and escape the UK for a sun-drenched life on the continent.
The Olive Farm series:
1. The Olive Farm
2. The Olive Season
3. The Olive Harvest
4. The Olive Route
5. The Olive Tree
6. Return to the Olive Farm
Synopsis
The Olive Farm by Carol Drinkwater
The first in Carol Drinkwater's bestselling trilogy set on a Provencal olive farm.
"All my life, I have dreamed of acquiring a crumbling, shabby-chic house overlooking the sea. In my mind's eye, I have pictured a corner of paradise where friends can gather to swim, relax, debate, eat fresh fruits picked directly from the garden and great steaming plates of food served from an al fresco kitchen and dished up on to a candlelit table the length of a railway sleeper..."
When Carol Drinkwater and her partner Michel have the opportunity to buy 10 acres of disused olive farm in Provence, the idea seems absurd. After all, they don't have a lot of money, and they've only been together a little while.
The Olive Farm is the story of the highs and lows of purchasing the farm and life in Provence: the local customs and cuisine; the threats of fire and adoption of a menagerie of animals; the potential financial ruin and the thrill of harvesting their own olives - especially when they are discovered to produce the finest extra-virgin olive oil...
Reviews
‘Beautifully written with a great sense of humour, it captures perfectly the dreamy atmosphere of the South of France and its people’ WOMAN AND HOME
‘She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside’ BELLA
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Publication date
4th August 2011Author
Carol DrinkwaterMore books by Carol Drinkwater
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Publisher
Orion Publishing CoFormat
Paperback352 pages
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TravelBiography / AutobiographyThe Real WorldeBook Favourites
Travel writingAutobiography: generalISBN
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