| How Blue is My Valley: The Real Provence Contributor(s): Gill, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 2955010154 ISBN-13: 9782955010150 Publisher: 13th Sign OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Travel | Europe - France - Travel | Europe - Great Britain |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.24" W x 7.99" (0.52 lbs) 204 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: Humorous travel book about moving to France from IPPY, Royal Dragonfly and Global Ebook Award Winner Jean Gill. 'Laugh out loud... such a vivid picture of the fields of lavender, sunflowers and olive trees that you could almost be there with her.' Living France Magazine The true scents of Provence? Lavender, thyme and septic tank. Discover the real Provence in good company. There are hundreds of interesting things you can do in a bath but washing dishes is not one of them, nor what writer Jean Gill had in mind when she swopped her Welsh Valley for a French one. Keen to move out of the elephant's stomach, that stew of grey mists called weather in Wales, she offered her swimming certificate to a bemused Provençal estate agent and bought a house with good stars and its own spring-water. Or rather, as it turns out, a neighbour's spring-water that is the only supply to the kitchen, which, according to the nice men from the Water Board, is emptying its dirty water directly and illegally onto the main road... and there's worse... But how can you resist a village called Dieulefit, God created it', the village 'where everyone belongs' |
Contributor Bio(s): Gill, Jean: - Jean Gill is a Welsh writer and photographer living in the south of France with a big white dog, a scruffy black dog, a Nikon D750 and a man. For many years, she taught English in Wales and was the first woman to be a secondary headteacher in Carmarthenshire. She is mother or stepmother to five children so life was hectic. Publications are varied, including prize-winning poetry and novels, military history, translated books on dog training, and a cookery book on goat cheese. With Scottish parents, an English birthplace and French residence, she can usually support the winning team on most sporting occasions. www.jeangill.com |