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Second
in The Olive Trilogy
£ 7.99 PB 352pp
0 75287 763 1
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‘ I scan the terraces, planted with row upon row
of ancient olive trees. It is April, late spring. Here
in the hills behind the Cote d’Azur the olive groves
are delicately blossomed, with their tiny, white-forked
flowers. Beyond them, perched halfway up the slope of
the hill, our belle epoque villa comes into view.
Abounding in balustrade terraces, nestling among cedars
and palms, facing out at a south-westerly angle, overlooking
the bay of Cannes towards the sun-kissed Mediterranean,
there it is, Appassionata, awaiting us...’
The Olive Farm told how Carol Drinkwater and
partner Michel fell in love with and bought an abandoned
Provencal olive farm. Now, in The Olive Season,
Carol is pregnant and their ever-loyal gardener is leaving
to oversee the marriage of his son. Often unassisted,
and with new challenges to face, Carol takes on the bulk
of the farm work alone. Water is, as ever, a costly problem,
and she goes in search of a diviner who promises almost
magical results.
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