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Peter Mayle, the author, and his wife purchase a 200-year-old farmhouse in the remote countryside of Provence, France. They are familiar with the area, having traveled to Provence annually from their previous home in England to spend a few weeks each year vacationing in this sunny land of southern France.
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Taking up where his beloved A Year in Provence leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocative book about life in Provence. With tales only one who lives there could know-of finding gold coins while digging in the garden, of indulging in sumptuous feasts at truck stops-and with characters introduced with great affection and wit-the gendarme fallen from grace, the summer visitors ever trying...
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1999.
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Four years away from his beloved provence was as much as Peter Mayle could bear. So he went back, with glorious success. Mayle celebrates his homecoming to Provence with a joyous mix of Gallic characters, adventure, and culinary treats. The pauses for refreshment include a feast in a converted gas statiion, a rendezvous with the best bouillabaisse in Marseilles, and visits to eventful Sunday morning markets. But there is life after lunch, and...
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"The beloved author Peter Mayle, champion of all things Provence, here in a final volume of all new writing, offers vivid recollections from his twenty-five years in the South of France-- lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed. Twenty-five years ago, Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, were rained out of a planned two weeks on the Côte d'Azur. In search of sunlight, they set off for Aix-en-Provence; enchanted by the world...
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