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Driving Over Lemons
Chris Stewart
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Beschreibung
Meet Chris Stewart, the eternal optimist. A man who flies to Spain, sees a peasant farm on the wrong side of the river and, with scarcely a second thought, hands over a cash deposit. And then finds he has acquired not just the farm, but the farmer, too, who has no intention of leaving. Not to mention the lack of running water, electricity or even a bridge.
It would be enough to send most people straight back home. But Chris and his wife Ana are made of stronger stuff - and besides, they have sunk all their savings into their farm, El Valero, and buying a flock of sheep. So there is no turning back. Life gets tough, but it also gets good.
Driving Over Lemons is that rare thing - a funny, insightful book that charms you from the first sun-lit page to the last. And one that makes running an Andalucian mountain farm seem like a half-decent career move. It has been a major bestseller both in Britain and Spain.
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A wonderful book - funny, affectionate and reaching deep beneath the skin. Tuck it into your holiday luggage and dream
Exquisite. In <i>Driving Over Lemons</i> the anecdote flourishes once more.
You just can'
It is easy to enthuse about the simple pleasures of life, but hard to write about them well. Stewart's gift is to do so with the carefree manner of someone you'
When an author is as modest and humorous as this, his story cannot be told too often.
Chris Stewart is one of life'
A funny, observant and personal account of what a man can learn, and what there is to appreciate in life. Marvellous
Endearing, heart warming, self-deprecating, sometimes surreal... charming stuff
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