Driving Over Lemons

Name: Driving Over Lemons
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781908745859
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An Optimist in Andalucia

By Chris Stewart

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Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart is a delightful memoir chronicling his journey of relocating to a remote farm in southern Spain. As Stewart adjusts to a dramatically different lifestyle, he shares humorous and heartfelt tales of rural life, picturesque landscapes, and encounters with colourful characters. The narrative embraces the challenges and joys of embracing a new countryside existence.
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Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

This book may appeal to you if you enjoy delightful tales of adventure, humour, and the rich experiences of expat life. Set in the beautiful Andalusian countryside, it chronicles the heart-warming journey of adapting to a new culture and rural living. Filled with charming anecdotes, it's perfect for readers who appreciate memoirs and stories of self-discovery.

Driving Over Lemons

Special Anniversary Edition (with new chapter 25 years on).

Special Anniversary Edition (with new chapter 25 years on)

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Over two decades ago, we set up Sort of Books to help our friend, the sometime Genesis drummer Chris Stewart, bring his sunlit stories of life on a Spanish mountain farm to print. Ever the optimist, Chris hoped to earn enough money to buy a second-hand tractor for his farm. He got his tractor, as the book spent a year on the Sunday Times Top 10 charts and went on to sell a million and a half copies.

Driving Over Lemons is a classic. A dreamer and an itinerant sheep shearer, Chris moves with his wife Ana to a mountain farm in Las Alpujarras, an oddball region in the south of Spain. Misadventures gleefully unfold as Chris discovers that the owner had no intention of leaving. He meets their neighbours, an engaging mix of farmers, shepherds and New Age travellers, and their daughter Chloe is born, linking them irrevocably to their new life.

The hero of the piece, however, is the farm itself - 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?

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Chris Stewart's Driving Over Lemons is widely praised for its humour and charm, offering an engaging and personal account of life in rural Spain. Reviewers commend Stewart's ability to capture simple pleasures with a captivating storytelling style. His narrative is described as both modest and affectionate, featuring quirky characters and heartwarming anecdotes that resonate with readers.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781908745859

Publisher: Sort of Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 July 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Sort of Books

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 304

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Biography & Memoir Chris Stewart Non-Fiction Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Chris Stewart shot to fame with Driving Over Lemons, which became an international bestseller, as did its sequels, A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society and The Last Days of the Bus Club. Chris had prepared for life on his Spanish mountain farm with jobs of doubtful relevance. He was the original drummer in Genesis (he played on the first album), then joined a circus, learnt how to shear sheep, went to China to write the Rough Guide, gained a pilot's license in Los Angeles, and crewed a sailing boat across the Atlantic (a story told in his book, Three Ways to Capsize a Boat). Everyone always wants to know if Chris and Ana are still living on their farm, El Valero. Of course they are! Along with numerous dogs, cats, chickens and sheep.

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