La vie : a year in rural France / John Lewis-Stempel.
By: Lewis-Stempel, John.
Publisher: Doubleday, 2023Description: 304 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780857526458 (hbk.) :; 0857526456 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Lewis-Stempel, John -- Homes and haunts -- France -- Charente | History | History | France | European history | The countryside, country life: general interest | The Earth: natural history: general interest | Travel writing | Charente (France) -- Social life and customs | Charente (France) -- Description and travelDDC classification: 944.65084092 Summary: For many years a farmer in England, John Lewis-Stempel yearned once again to live in a landscape where turtle doves purr and nightingales sing, as they did almost everywhere in his childhood. He wanted to be self-sufficient, to make his own wine and learn the secrets of truffle farming. And so, buying an old honey-coloured limestone house with bright blue shutters, the Lewis-Stempels began their new life as peasant farmers. Over that first year, Lewis-Stempel fell in love with the French countryside, from the wild boar that trot past the kitchen window to the glow-worms and citronella candles that flicker in the evening garden. Although it began as a practical enterprise, it quickly became an affair of the heart: of learning to bite the end off the morning baguette; taking two hours for lunch; in short, living the good life - or as the French say, La Vie.Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Adult book | Newton-le-Willows Library Adult Non-Fiction | 944.65 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400022657 |
For many years a farmer in England, John Lewis-Stempel yearned once again to live in a landscape where turtle doves purr and nightingales sing, as they did almost everywhere in his childhood. He wanted to be self-sufficient, to make his own wine and learn the secrets of truffle farming. And so, buying an old honey-coloured limestone house with bright blue shutters, the Lewis-Stempels began their new life as peasant farmers. Over that first year, Lewis-Stempel fell in love with the French countryside, from the wild boar that trot past the kitchen window to the glow-worms and citronella candles that flicker in the evening garden. Although it began as a practical enterprise, it quickly became an affair of the heart: of learning to bite the end off the morning baguette; taking two hours for lunch; in short, living the good life - or as the French say, La Vie.