The Olive Season: Amour, a New Life and Olives Too
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Amour, a new life, and olives too
Carol Drinkwater's bestwelling The Olive Farm told the lyrical tale of her real-life romance with partner Michel and an abandoned Provencal olive farm which they fell in love with and bought - a double love story, recounted with wit, warmth and alluring detail.
In The Olive Season, Carol is now pregnant and their every-loyal Arab gardener is leaving to oversee the marrying off of his last son. Often unassisted, and with new challenges to face, she takes on the bulk of the farm work alone. Water is, as ever, a costly problem and she goes in search of a diviner who promises almost magical results. But, as the harvest season approaches, dramatic events cast dark shadows over their olive farm.
With magnificent humanity and colourful characters, The Olive Season entices readers into Carol and Michel's vibrant Mediterranean world. It is mesmeric and uplifting storytelling.
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Amour, a new life, and olives too
Carol Drinkwater's bestwelling The Olive Farm told the lyrical tale of her real-life romance with partner Michel and an abandoned Provencal olive farm which they fell in love with and bought - a double love story, recounted with wit, warmth and alluring detail.
In The Olive Season, Carol is now pregnant and their every-loyal Arab gardener is leaving to oversee the marrying off of his last son. Often unassisted, and with new challenges to face, she takes on the bulk of the farm work alone. Water is, as ever, a costly problem and she goes in search of a diviner who promises almost magical results. But, as the harvest season approaches, dramatic events cast dark shadows over their olive farm.
With magnificent humanity and colourful characters, The Olive Season entices readers into Carol and Michel's vibrant Mediterranean world. It is mesmeric and uplifting storytelling.
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Janette141 read this while in hospital and was quite impressed.
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azuki - US - Intl if nec
vainilla79 - Spain - Eur
Joanazinha - Holland - Intl
laura0141 - UK - ENDS
azuki - US - Intl if nec
vainilla79 - Spain - Eur
Joanazinha - Holland - Intl
laura0141 - UK - ENDS
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I received it Saturday, thanks, and have started on a few pages already. I haven't read the first book, The Olive Farm, (honestly didn't know there was one before I signed up) but it is very easy to get into the narratives and I can tell this will be one book I won't regret reading.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, a heartfelt memoir of her time on the olive farm, with ocassional detours down the memory lane. At times funny, at times painful, the voice is always sincere, like an old friend.
In the beginning I felt that, despite the author's repeated claims, someone who hopscotchs Pacific Islands for the perfect wedding spot and attends Cannes Festival cannot be called poor. Reading on, however, I realize that being rich enough to buy a big villa with an olive farm but not rich enough to hire an army of staff to tend to it is hard work indeed. Which makes me feel considerable better living in my humble dwelling.
Like a good tour guide, the author never wastes an opportunity to feed you interesting facts, without being annoying or forced. She will regale juicy tidbits of Cannes when attending the film festival; historic facts of the great general while driving on La Route Napoleon... not to mention all the "did-you-know" about plants and animals she encountered.
This will be mailed to vainilla79 in a day or two.
In the beginning I felt that, despite the author's repeated claims, someone who hopscotchs Pacific Islands for the perfect wedding spot and attends Cannes Festival cannot be called poor. Reading on, however, I realize that being rich enough to buy a big villa with an olive farm but not rich enough to hire an army of staff to tend to it is hard work indeed. Which makes me feel considerable better living in my humble dwelling.
Like a good tour guide, the author never wastes an opportunity to feed you interesting facts, without being annoying or forced. She will regale juicy tidbits of Cannes when attending the film festival; historic facts of the great general while driving on La Route Napoleon... not to mention all the "did-you-know" about plants and animals she encountered.
This will be mailed to vainilla79 in a day or two.
Hello! I received the book today! Thank you! I will read it as soon as possible!
Sent to the following bookcrosser in The Netherlands a few days ago! Sorry for my delay:(
Book arrived safely in Holland! I've read The Olive Farm several years ago and liked it very much. I am very pleased to have this opportunity to read more about the life of Carol and Michel in la douce France.
What a beautiful book and a nice read! I loved it from the first page till the last, couldn't stop reading till I'd finished it. Carol Drinkwater is a very gifted writer who gives us an insight in her life throughout a year at Apassionata, the olive farm. She does not hesitate to share with us the difficult moments in her life but also of the happy gatherings with family and friends and the hard work it takes to 'run' the farm.
And as a kind of sidepath, she tells a lot about the history of the Provence and its habitants and habits. Lovely!
Thanks laura0141 for sharing this book with me.
And as a kind of sidepath, she tells a lot about the history of the Provence and its habitants and habits. Lovely!
Thanks laura0141 for sharing this book with me.
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Received with special thanks for the cute post-card.
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