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Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia by Chris Stewart (Paperback, 1999)
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Driving Over Lemons is that rare thing: a funny, insightful book that charms you from the first page to the last. and one that makes running a peasant farm in Spain seem like a distinctly good move. Chris transports us to Las Alpujarras, an oddball region south of Granada, and into a series of misadventures with an engaging mix of peasant farmers and shepherds, New Age travellers and ex-pats. The hero of the piece, however, is the farm that he and Ana bought, El Valero - a patch of mountain studded with olive, almond and lemon groves, sited on the wrong side of a river, with no access road, water supply or electricity. Could life offer much better than that? 'An idyllic life in a remote, sunny part of Europe is a fantasy normally punctured by harsh realities, and abandoned. Chris is made of sterner stuff. Driving Over Lemons is a wonderful account of his Andalucian adventure.' Peter Gabriel, former Genesis bandmateProduct Identifiers
PublisherSort# of Books
ISBN-139780953522705
eBay Product ID (ePID)88155340
Product Key Features
Book TitleDriving over Lemons: an Optimist in Andalucia
Number of Pages240 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1999
TopicMemorials, Travel Writing
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorChris Stewart
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height199 mm
Item Weight273 g
Item Width131 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorChris Stewart
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- 22 Nov, 2021
Good read and a recommendation for living in Spain.
The name of the book I picked up while listening to the author's back story. Original drummer in Genesis etc. Thought the book might be a good read. Cannot put it down and have got well into the book. Well written and the story of living in Spain while overcoming all the accompanying problems and shortages including no electrical water or gas service is a delight.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 11 Sep, 2019
Life in the Alpujarras
A brilliant account of life in proper rural southern Spain. The author captures the ups and downs in moving and living and farming in Andalucia away from the costas.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Oct, 2020
First Class Moving-Abroad Debut Autobiography
I first read this book when it was first published and it's an entertaining and engaging read. One of my recommended reads. I purchased the book again recently because it was missing from my bookshelf (and I retain a small trove of favourite books which I will lend out, then forget who had it). As you might imagine, I found the original copy before even the new one arrived! However, it is just as worth having two copies, knowing me!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 22 Jun, 2022
Wonderful book - highly recommended
Wonderful story of a young couple setting up a new life in Andalucia. A timeless classic,which I've read twice in the past and now wish to read again only to find my original book has gone astray,Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 19 Sep, 2018
Driving over Lemons
This lighthearted book is compulsive reading, easy to visualise the story as it unfolds. Real life in the raw.....really enjoyable.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 May, 2019
Very applicable.
Just a great book and an excellent lead up to the following titles in the series - well it certainly made me want to find out more about the life and times of Chris Stewart.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 02 Sep, 2021
Great
Lovely book, well written, can imagine being there, easy to read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 24 May, 2024
excellent, good that books can have a 2nd life
excellent, good that books can have a 2nd lifeVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 25 Oct, 2022
*****
I read this book in 2004 and it made me want to live there !!!! So in 2005 packed up and moved to Andalusia!!!!! The book gives an honest and amusing account of life in rural SpainVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 28 Apr, 2023
A great lifestyle adventure
Great lifestyle book. If you like Spain and like reading about people who have made life changing decisions about the way they want to live. A great book as are the follow up volumesVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
