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Twenty years after first setting eyes on Bel-Air de Grezelongue, her dream house in the sunflowers in south-west France, Ruth Silvestre brings us the long-awaited sequel to the adventures.
Local friendships and bonds of loyalty that she and her family formed during the gradual restoration...
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A reissue of a much-loved A&B classic. A delightful read for anyone who dreams of another life abroad...
This is the story of a dream come true. In 1976, in the Lot-et-Garonne region of south-west France, Ruth Silvestre and her family found Bel-Air de Grezelongue, a house that had bee...
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Mary-Ann Tirone Smith grew up in New England during the 1950s, the daughter of an extended French-Italian family. Smith's neighbourhood was typical small-town America - everyone's door was left unlocked at night, and the school, church, library and grocery shop were all within walking dist...
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An unabashed celebration of the joys of food and cooking, Hot Sun, Cool Shadow follows the story of award-winning food-writer Angela Murrills and the artist Peter Matthews, who travel together to the southerly French region of Languedoc. The Languedoc is famed for its landscape, lege...
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Allotments have become the must-have accessory for urban dwellers.
This is a warm and engaging insight into life on a London allotment: a tender story of flowers and food, sheds and greenhouses, gardeners and local councils. A book to be cherished by any city resident who has dreamt about...
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