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| The Illustrated Olive Farm | 
 enlarge | Author: Carol Drinkwater
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Category: Book
List Price: £20.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 77647
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Illustrated Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.9 x 0.8
ISBN: 0297844040
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780297844044
ASIN: 0297844040
Publication Date: September 15, 2005
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The British Dream December 21, 2007
If there is an American Dream then what Carol Drinkwater describes in this book is, for sure, the British Dream. How many of us have been seduced and spirited away to foreign parts with the promise of a new, simple but meaningful life?
This is pure escapism but escapism that so many of us can recognise. Life is slowed down but intensified with detail. The smallest incidents and anecdotes in a strange place can hold worlds of meaning and that's what this book achieves. You slip away into someone else's life and dreams that are so like your own.
There are moments when the prose becomes a little purple and Drinkwater a little too self-obsessed but she moves on fast. She succeeds though in documenting for us the delights of taking something old and discarded and breathing new life into it. That is probably the British Dream, starting again but retrieving something old from the dustbin and making it live again.
A wonderful, uncomplicated read. Perfect for a cold, winter night when summer seems impossible.
Fantastic June 14, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Having read the 'trilogy' Olive Farm, Olive Season and Olive Harvest, this book puts your minds images into photographs. Carols writing comes alive with the pictures as you can so clearly relate them to the tales and experiences she has shared with her readers. The book is definately worth the money as the photographs are superb and a credit to her husband. I've just bought her lastest book and can't wait to read it.
The Olive Farm August 17, 2006
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I picked this book up on the ferry returning from a holiday in France along with the next book in the trilogy,
I am now about 2/3rds through the first book and have loved every bit of it so far Carol is every bit as good a writer as she is an actress she writes with such passion and such a humerous but factual way that you are transported there yourself you are living the dream with them and sharing the ups and downs of such a huge project.
It is one of the best books i have ever read its funny, its sad, its informative, it makes you want to have a better life for yourself and its a great way to unwind the stresses of modern life and drift you off to another world as you sleep.
The Illustrated Olive Farm. February 22, 2006
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
This is the perfect gift for anyone that has enjoyed The Olive Farm, The Olive Season or The Olive Harvest. I had built up vivid pictures in my mind of René, the pool, Mr Q, the olive trees and the book confirmed that my imaginings were accurate. The photgraphy is wonderful and the book is a great insight in to life with the olives and all that that involves. There are wonderful pictures of the dogs, family, friends, even the dreaded wild boar. Recipes as well. I loved this book!
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