Return to the Olive Farm
$35.70
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2011
Summary
Return to the Olive Farm: A Fight for Survival in the South of France
After sixteen months travelling the Mediterranean in search of the olive tree’s ancient secrets, Carol returns to her beloved olive farm in the south of France, to her husband Michel and his burgeoning family. However, disturbing discoveries overshadow the homecoming celebrations.
The plight of the honey bee has become an international crisis, and Carol is faced with unsettling news about the hives on her …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753826812 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 075382681X |
| Author: | Carol Drinkwater |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2011 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 192mm x 126mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
A spellbinding memoir
* CHOICE *A passionate book about confronting difficult environmental issues * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *Drinkwater is a rare writer who tackles other people brilliantly…Vibrant, intoxicating and heart-warming
* SUNDAY EXPRESS *One cannot resist Drinkwater’s courage and joie de vivre, nor the enormous appetite and enthusiasm for her subject
– Wendy Holden * DAILY MAIL *The new leader of the pack
* THE TIMES *She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside
* BELLA *Beautifully written with a great sense of humour, it captures perfectly the dreamy atmosphere of the South of France and its people
* WOMAN & HOME *I love Carol Drinkwater’s Olive Farm series about her life in Provence. I read them on the beach, thinking how wonderful a summer in France would be – Jane Brown * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING *I found this the most absorbing of Carol Drinkwater’s reports from her Provence Olive Farm, a sink or swim account of attempting to free the farm and its inhabitants from the dangerous chemicals needed to bring an Olive crop to fruition. – Sue Baker * LOVEREADING.CO.UK *A passionate book about confronting difficult environmental issues. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *About The Author
Carol Drinkwater
Actress Carol Drinkwater is best known for her role as Helen Herriot in the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. Also an accomplished novelist, she has achieved bestselling status with her much-loved memoirs, The Olive Farm series. She is currently working with UNESCO on a lavish documentary series inspired by THE OLIVE ROUTE and THE OLIVE TREE.
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