A Year in Provence * Peter Mayle * Provence #1

They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is the month-by-month account of the charms and frustrations that Peter Mayle and his wife -- and their two large dogs -- experience their first year in the remote country of the Luberon restoring a two-centuries-old stone farmhouse that they bought on sight. From coping in January with the first mistral, which comes howling down from the Rhone Valley and wreaks havoc with the pipes, to dealing as the months go by with the disarming promises and procrastination of the local masons and plumbers, Peter Mayle delights us with his strategies for survival. In this often hilarious, seductive book Peter Mayle manages to transport us info all the earthy pleasures of Provencal life and lets us live vicariously in a tempo governed by seasons, not by days. Travel, Memoir, France, Food, Humor 207 pages, Hardcover with dust jacket. Used, see photos. Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (1995) New to Poshmark? Save $10 on your first purchase! Use my referral code when you set up your account: bastet44.