Categories, Collections, Filters & Keywords : Second Hand Books Paperback Non-Fiction Latest Books Keywords_Spain Keywords_Society Keywords_Rural Life Keywords_Memoir Keywords_Europe Keywords_Autobiography Europe Book Type & Condition_Second Hand Books Book Type & Condition_Second Hand - As New Book Format_Paperback All Books Keywords_Humour & Observations
Chris Stewart - Driving Over Lemons (Anniversary Edition) (2nd Hand Paperback)
SKU B003375
Availability:
1 available
Original price
£3.95
-
Original price
£3.95
Original price
£3.95
£3.95
-
£3.95
Current price
£3.95
Synopsis
The International Bestseller.
Special Anniversary Edition (with new chapter 25 years on).
Meet Chris Stewart, the eternal optimist. A man who flies to Spain, sees a peasant farm on the wrong side of the river and, with scarcely a second thought, hands over a cash deposit. And then finds he has acquired not just the farm, but the farmer, too, who has no intention of leaving. Not to mention the lack of running water, electricity or even a bridge.
It would be enough to send most people straight back home. But Chris and his wife Ana are made of stronger stuff - and besides, they have sunk all their savings into their farm, El Valero, and buying a flock of sheep.
So there is no turning back. Life gets tough, but it also gets good.
Driving Over Lemons is that rare thing - a funny, insightful book that charms you from the first sun-lit page to the last. And one that makes running an Andalusian mountain farm seem like a half-decent career move. It has been a major bestseller both in Britain and Spain and has been followed by 3 sequels.
Details
- Format : Standard 2nd Hand Paperback
- Condition : As New
- Category : Non-Fiction - Europe
- Published : 1999 (This Special Anniversary Edition 2020 - Sort of Books)
- ISBN : 9781908745859
- SKU : B003375
- PPC : SP300gm
- RRP : £9.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
With New Chapter - "25 Years On".
326pp. with B&W photographs.
External Reviews
"Chris Stewart is one of life's bold originals." - Independent.
"When an author is as modest and humorous as this, his story cannot be told too often." - Elizabeth Buchan, The Times.
"Exquisite. In Driving Over Lemons the anecdote flourishes once more." - Penelope Lively, Daily Telegraph.
"It is easy to enthuse about the simple pleasures of life, but hard to write about them well. Stewart's gift is to do so with the carefree manner of someone you've just met in a bar, and who is buying the drinks." - Hugh Thomson, The Independent.
"A wonderful book - funny, affectionate and reaching deep beneath the skin. Tuck it into your holiday luggage and dream." - Elisabeth Luard, Daily Mail.
"A funny, observant and personal account of what a man can learn, and what there is to appreciate in life. Marvellous !" - John S. Doyle, Sunday Tribune.
"You just can't fail to like him and the world he spreads out for you: wayward sheep, eccentric ex-pats, hospitable (and slightly barmy) neighbours. Mr Stewart is that rare thing, the real McCoy." - Rosie Boycott, The Guardian.
"Endearing, heart warming, self-deprecating, sometimes surreal . . . charming stuff." - William Leith, Evening Standard.
“Possibly the one travel writer who is genuinely funnier than Bill Bryson.” - The Traveller.
The Author
Christopher Stewart is a British author who was the original drummer and a founder member of Genesis.
After backpacking extensively, playing drums for the band Genesis and working on building sites, Chris had his epiphany moment whilst working on a sheep farm in Surrey. Farming was his dream destiny and he spent some time running a sheep farm in Sussex. On meeting the founder of Rough Guides at a party, his path took a new turn and he began a stint as a travel guidebook writer. Almost in full circle, he eventually moved to a remote farm in the Alpujarras, south of Granada in Spain with his wife Ana where he still lives today. He used his experiences of working the land, shearing sheep and living remotely to write a book called ‘Driving Over Lemons’ which has been a huge success, and many other titles followed on.