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| Driving Over Lemons: An Optimist in Andalucia | 
 enlarge | Author: Chris Stewart
Publisher: Sort of Books
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 6765
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0953522709
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9780953522705
ASIN: 0953522709
Publication Date: June 3, 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Entertaining and informative read April 24, 2007
I found this book really interesting. Chris Stewart has an engaging writing style and his tale of setting up a home in Andalucia was written in a thoroughly engaging way. He documents some great moments with humour and humility. I felt that his writing was very heartfelt. The characters he describes jump from the page. A very nice read.
 It's enought to persuade you to buy a Spanish farm March 30, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I loved this book so much, that as soon as I finished it, I ordered the next two.
Chris Stewart brings his adventures on his farm in the Spanish hills to life in a well written, easy to read and, in parts, very funny book.
Thoroughly recommended.
Books in which to escape to Andalucia September 2, 2006
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
Driving Over Lemons and A parrot In The Pepper Tree are books I will read again. I can't wait to read the next one The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society You won't be able to put them down.
 Hardship 'lite' August 1, 2006
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is a very pleasant book and if you are in need of balm from the sort of modest drama that is provided on television by Monarch of the Glen or Michael Palin's travelogues, then this is the book for you.
Chris Stewart does a decent job of describing beautiful countryside, ubiquitous local 'characters', delicious simple meals and frustrating tradesmen. However, in terms of insight into what it is really like to go through the challenge of building a life in a land you don't really understand (and which doesn't understand you), you might be disappointed. This is hardship 'lite'.
Perhaps my favorite travel / dream destination series June 1, 2006
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Fancy dreaming of a house in the rural spanish hills, tales of wine, good food and languid afternoons, then tales of the Aljapurras are just what the doctor ordered. I love this series and acn't wait to read his latest "almonds" book. Read them now, the perfect antidote to cold british summers
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