A Third of a Pond by Valerie Helps

A Third of a Pond by Valerie Helps

After years of cruising along the French waterways in their canal boat, de Villehardouin, Valerie Helps and her husband Geoffrey, decide to put down roots on terra firma.

In the Loiret region of central France they discover a pond, a dilapidated farmhouse and a neglected garden which tick all their boxes. What follows is a great deal of backbreaking work and commitment, but the love the two have for each other, for the country and for the friends they make deep in the French countryside make it all worthwhile.

Beautifully illustrated and written, this book is filled with vivid descriptions as Valerie's generous and loving eye for nature and all its seasons adds another rich layer to this lush tale, while the antics of the inhabitants of the pond and the creatures from the forest dance through the pages.

Helps, Valerie: - Valerie Helps was born in London and grew up in East Africa. Widely travelled, she has lived in Australia, Greece and France for extensive periods and has established herself as a successful travel writer and illustrator. Her short stories, poetry and children's stories have been published in journals and newspapers worldwide. Valerie worked for many years in Australia with youth orchestras and was Orchestra Manager in the Sydney Opera House before moving to Crete with members of her family. Later she left for France with Geoffrey and spent the summers on their canal boat, de Villehardouin. She now lives near her family in Sydney.

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ISBN 13	9781784656812
ISBN 10	178465681X
Title	A Third of a Pond
Author	Valerie Helps
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers
Year published	2020-04-30
Number of pages	285
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.