From the back of the book: "In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Luberon with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it come howling down the Rhone Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine, transporting us into all the earthly pleasures of Provencal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days."

Very enjoyable!

Releasing into the dancing-dog/bookpatch trade-sized paperback bookbox.

I chose this from the Dancing-dog/Bookpatch Trade-sized Paperback Bookbox. I thought this was on my wishlist...but I guess not!

I finished this tonight and really enjoyed it. I've taken the last 10 days or so to read it very slowly---my favorite way to process travel narratives! I must say that Mayle and his wife were VERY patient as they waited for builders to fulfill their promises, as well as in just getting accustomed to their new surroundings. If I've found any fault at all with the book it's that the author uses the term "gastronomic" enough times to be gastronomically unsettling. Surely there's another word...

Will release soon.

Releasing into the Half and Half Bookbox. Enjoy!

To the finder of this book:

This book is gift, no strings attached, from me to you. You may keep it forever, pass it along to a friend, or release it into the wild to be found by someone else.

If you are new to BookCrossing, welcome! Enjoy the site, the book, and the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join us...it's free! If you do, please consider using me, elizardbreath, as your referring member. You can even remain anonymous if you wish!

I hope you'll make a brief journal entry so all the previous and future readers can track this book's journey.

Thanks, and Happy BookCrossing! :)

Probably not something I will read, but will be sure to find a new home for it soon.

Shipping to Troon, Scotland, United Kingdom via First Sentence VBB.

arrived safely yesterday - thank you very much! I vaguely remember this being on television in the UK when I was in my early teens, and I look forward to reading this one.

Enjoyed this book - I thought at first that it would irritate me (the 'bumbling English in France' routine but it was actually very good and made me laugh out loud in several places. I think it's probably a book of its time - the aspirational middle classes of the late 1980s - but it's still a good read. And yes, they must have had both endless patience and very deep pockets!

Welcome to Bookcrossing! This is a friendly online community of book-lovers who want to share books and promote literacy around the world. Please leave a comment to say where you found the book and if you read it, what you thought of it. If you choose to join the site, you can follow the book as it travels on and finds more readers!

When you've read the book, it's yours to do with as you please - you can keep it, pass it on to friends or family, or "wild release" it again to find new readers!