Driving Over Lemons

An Optimist in Spain

By: Chris Stewart

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Paperback | 8 May 2001

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272 Pages

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20.32 x 12.7 x 1.27

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Driving Over Lemons" "is the contagiously entertaining account of one couple's beginning a new life as they turn a rundown peasant farm in southern Spain into a home.
When Chris Stewart first sees El Valero, he's willing to overlook its lack of electricity, running water, or access road. Assured that he's bought "a paradise for pennies," he phones his wife, Ana, still in England, whose enthusiasm is a little more tempered. Together they embark on an undertaking that includes rebuilding the house, feeding and housing a former owner reluctant to leave, the threat of drought (and flood), a cultural misunderstanding, and the creation of a whole new, fulfilling, enviable life

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-Take half a cup of Bill Bryson, mix with three tablespoons of Peter Mayle, then add just a pinch of Monty Python, and what you get is Driving Over Lemons.-- Chicago Tribune -A wonderful antidote to...modern electronic life. I love this book.--Peter Mayle, author of A Year in Provence -This funny book is required reading for anyone who has ever dreamed of taking up the pastoral life in a foreign country.-- Travel & Leisure -The ability to write hilarious travelogues... may well be a national characteristic [of the English]. It's certainly possessed by Chris Stewart.-- The New York Times Book Review

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