The Olive Season
By The Author of the Bestselling The Olive Farm
$25.74
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
10 April 2012
Summary
I scan the terraces, planted with row upon row of ancient olive trees. It is April, late spring. Here in the hills behind the Cote d’Azur the olive groves are delicately blossomed, with their tiny, white-forked flowers. Beyond them, perched halfway up the slope of the hill, our belle epoque villa comes into view. Abounding in balustrade terraces, nestling among cedars and palms, facing out at a south-westerly angle, overlooking the bay of Cannes towards the sun-kissed Mediterranean, there it …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753829356 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753829355 |
| Author: | Carol Drinkwater |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 10 April 2012 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 133mm x 200mm x 23mm |
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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
Drinkwater is a rare writer who tackles other people brilliantly…Vibrant, intoxicating and heart-warming
* SUNDAY EXPRESS *A spellbinding memoir
* CHOICE *One cannot resist Drinkwater’s courage and joie de vivre, nor the enormous appetite and enthusiasm for her subject
* DAILY MAIL *The new leader of the pack
* THE TIMES *Refreshingly honest, this book brings alive the unknown side of Provence, and, as always, ensnares readers in a web of sheer delight
* GOOD BOOK GUIDE *She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside * BELLA *I love Carol Drinkwater’s Olive Farm series about her life in Provence. I read them on the beach, thinking how wonderful a summer in France would be – Jane Brown * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING *About The Author
Carol Drinkwater
Actress Carol Drinkwater is probably best known for her role as Helen Herriot in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. Also an accomplished novelist, she has achieved bestselling status with her much-loved memoirs of life on an olive farm in Provence.
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