Journal Entry 1 by Lizabeth86 from Middletown, Connecticut USA on Sunday, May 31, 2009

Amazon Editorial Review:
Richard Goodman saw the ad in the paper: "SOUTHERN FRANCE: Stone house in Village near Nimes/Avignon/Uzes. 4 BR, 2 baths, fireplace, books, desk, bikes. Perfect for writing, painting, exploring & experiencing la France profonde. $450 mo. plus utilities." And, with his girlfriend, he left New York City to spend a year in Southern France.

The village was small-no shops, no gas station, no post office, only a café and a school. St. Sebastien de Caisson was home to farmers and vintners. Every evening Goodman watched the villagers congregate and longed to be a part of their camaraderie. But they weren't interested in him: he was just another American, come to visit and soon to leave. So Goodman laced up his work boots and ventured out into the vineyards to work among them. He met them first as a hired worker, and then as a farmer of his own small plot of land.

FRENCH DIRT is a love story between a man and his garden. It's about plowing, planting, watering, and tending. It's about cabbage, tomatoes, parsley, and eggplant. Most of all, it's about the growing friendship between an American outsider and a close-knit community of French farmers.

*****
A lovely treasure of a book.
 

Journal Entry 2 by Lizabeth86 at Middletown, Connecticut USA on Friday, April 01, 2011

Reserved for Dancing-dog from the Non-Fiction Swap. 

Journal Entry 3 by Lizabeth86 at Middletown, Connecticut USA on Friday, November 04, 2011

Mailed 11/4/2011 

Journal Entry 4 by dancing-dog at Cordova, Tennessee USA on Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Received today - thanks!