Life In A Postcard
Escape to the French Pyrenees
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
3 May 2002
Summary
Rosemary Bailey’s enthralling account of her quest to make a 21st century home out of a ruined French medieval monastery.
“I wake to the sun striking gold on a stone wall. If I lean out of the window I can see Mount Canigou newly iced with snow. It is wonderful to live in a building with windows all around, to see both sunrise and sunset, to be constantly aware of the passage of the sun and moon.”
In 1988, Rosemary Bailey and her husband were travelling in the French Pyrenees …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780553813418 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0553813412 |
| Author: | Rosemary Bailey |
| Publisher: | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | Bantam Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 3 May 2002 |
| Weight: | 231g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 127mm x 21mm |
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Critics Review
‘Enchantingly told…I just couldn’t put it down’
‘Enchantingly told…I just couldn’t put it down’ * France In Print *
‘Reading this utterly unputdownable account, it’s easy to share the dream that drove the couple…We too could be living a life like theirs. And if we can’t, this book is a highly diverting substitute’ * Amazon.co.uk *
‘Life in a Postcard is not just the author’s account of the challenges of life in a small mountain community, but also a celebration of French Catalonia and the pleasures of Catalan cooking. I do not envy them one bit - but I did enjoy reading about life in the French Pyrenees in all its manifestations, in a comfortable armchair at home…as I am sure you will’ * Living France *
‘Offers some real flavour of the beauty of Catalonia and may actually inspire others to follow her path’ * What’s On In London *
‘More diverse than the usual Brit transplant to that ideal place in France, Rosemary Bailey’s account takes in monastic history and a marital situation which might paint a grin on the faces of the hipper reader…Sweet book’ * Time Out *
‘An inspiration for anyone thinking of moving abroad…a fascinating account of their new life’ * Choice *
About The Author
Rosemary Bailey
Rosemary Bailey has written two further books about the Pyrenees:
- The Man who Married a Mountain (Bantam Books, 2005) followed the romantic 19th-century mountaineer Sir Henry Russell-Killough in his quest for the sublime.
- Her most recent book, Love and War in the Pyrenees (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008), is an investigation of the Second World War, combining her own travels with contemporary interviews, documents, and letters. The book was described by the Jewish Chronicle as “a quiet triumph of historical reconstruction.”
She is a fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and teaches writing for the Arvon Writers’ Foundation, also running her own writers’ retreats in the Pyrenees.
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