A delightful read beginning with the title. This conjured up an image which urged me on to buy this book.
Chris and wife leave England to start a new life in the hills of Spain and from an unlikely beginning he comes to accept and blend in with the local community. Chris's self-effacing style is refreshing and very humourous.

Met Bookcrosser Ferns at Robina and passed on this book for her to read and pass on.

I was given this book by Jonelle. I plan to pass this on to other BC'ers in my BookClub when I have finished reading it.

I began reading the book last night and finished it this morning. As Jonelle says, it is a delightful read. I have gone from giggling away to laughing out loud at Chris Stewart's sense of humour, as he describes the process of an English couple settling into a new life on their recently purchased farm in the Andalucia Region of Spain.

I enjoy reading about other people's adventures in life, but this book seemed to stand out for me. Just as I was noting this to myself and wondering why, I came across this passage:

"Anyone passing us on the road, might have thought that we had the look of refugees forced to leave a beloved homeland, but we weren't so much depressed as numbed with surprise to find ourselves actually taking part in a script that we ourselves had written."

It has the appeal of reading about someone who writes their own script in life, as most of us dream of doing, but rarely do ourselves, combined with Chris', very honest, yet gentle and humourous, observations of himself and others.

I am taking this to my Book Club today as my book to review and to pass onto other Bookcrossers there.