Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart

Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart

Meet Chris Stewart, the eternal optimist. At age 17 Chris retired as the drummer of Genesis and launched a career as a sheep shearer and travel writer. He has no regrets about this. Had he become a big-time rock star he might never have moved with his wife Ana to a remote mountain farm in Andalucia. Nor forged the friendship of a lifetime with his resourceful peasant neighbour Domingo...not watched his baby daughter Chloë grow and thrive there...nor written this book. Fate does sometimes seem to know what it's up to. 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 gd 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?

A wonderful book - funny, affectionate, no hint of patronage, a true portrait of place, and people, reaching deep beneath the skinTuck it into your holiday luggage and dream. -- Elizabeth Luard * Daily Mail *
Exquisite ... in Driving Over Lemons the anecdote flourishes once more, Stewart's briskly robust style and lack of pretension keep the book rolling along -- Penelope Lively * Daily Telegraph *
A humble and enchanting account...Chris Stewart is one of life's bold originals. -- Christina Hardyment * Independent *
A lyrical portrait of a couple integrating themselves into one of Europe's most beautiful regions. Stewart's writing conveys his amiability...and he has a particularly good ear for dialogue. -- Anthony Sattin * Sunday Times *
When an author is as modest and humorous as this, his story cannot be told too often. -- Elizabeth Buchan * The Times *
A funny, observant and personal account of what a man can learn, and what there is to appreciate in life. Marvellous. -- John S. Doyle * Sunday Tribune *

Chris Stewart prepared for life on a mountain farm in Spain with jobs of doubtful relevance. After leaving Genesis (he drummed on the first album), he joined a circus, learnt how to shear sheep, crewed a yacht in Greece, went to China for the Rough Guides, gained a pilot's license in Los Angeles, and completed a course in French cking. Since writing Driving Over Lemons, Chris, Ana and their daughter Chlöe continue to live on their farm, with their numerous dogs, cats, chickens, sheep and one misanthropic parrot.

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ISBN 13	9780953522705
ISBN 10	0953522709
Title	Driving Over Lemons
Author	Chris Stewart
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Sort of Books
Year published	1999-06-01
Number of pages	240
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