The Olive Farm

ebook / ISBN-13: 9781780220611

Price: £9.99

ON SALE: 9th June 2011

Genre: Lifestyle, Sport & Leisure / Travel & Holiday / Travel Writing

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NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES: CAROL DRINKWATER’S SECRET PROVENCE

The first in Carol Drinkwater’s bestselling series set on a Provencal olive farm.

‘She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside’ BELLA

‘Spellbinding’ CHOICE

‘Vibrant, intoxicating and heart-warming’ SUNDAY EXPRESS

‘All my life, I have dreamed of acquiring a crumbling, shabby-chic house overlooking the sea. In my mind’s eye, I have pictured a corner of paradise where friends can gather to swim, relax, debate, eat fresh fruits picked directly from the garden and great steaming plates of food served from an al fresco kitchen and dished up on to a candlelit table the length of a railway sleeper…’

When Carol Drinkwater and her partner Michel have the opportunity to buy 10 acres of disused olive farm in Provence, the idea seems absurd. After all, they don’t have a lot of money, and they’ve only been together a little while.

THE OLIVE FARM is the story of the highs and lows of purchasing the farm and life in Provence: the local customs and cuisine; the threats of fire and adoption of a menagerie of animals; the potential financial ruin and the thrill of harvesting their own olives – especially when they are discovered to produce the finest extra-virgin olive oil…

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Reviews

She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside
BELLA
A spellbinding memoir
CHOICE
The new leader of the pack
THE TIMES
Beautifully written with a great sense of humour, it captures perfectly the dreamy atmosphere of the South of France and its people
WOMAN & HOME
I love Carol Drinkwater's Olive Farm series about her life in Provence. I read them on the beach, thinking how wonderful a summer in France would be
Jane Brown, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
Drinkwater is a rare writer who tackles other people brilliantly...Vibrant, intoxicating and heart-warming
SUNDAY EXPRESS
One cannot resist Drinkwater's courage and joie de vivre, nor the enormous appetite and enthusiasm for her subject
DAILY MAIL