Book description
THE ALMOND BLOSSOM APPRECIATION SOCIETY finds Chris and his family
still living o their farm, El Valero, and with its easy 'Sun-Lit'
charm and funny, evocative anecdotes, it will draw in new and old
readers alike.
You will find yourself laughing out loud as Chris is instructed
by his daughter on local teenage mores; bluffs his way in art history
to millionaire Bostonians; is rescued off a snowy peak by the Guardia
Civil; and joins an Almond Blossom Appreciation Society.
You'll cringe with Chris as he stries his hand at office work in
an immigrants' advice centre in Granada, spurred into action by the
arrival of four destitute young Moroccans at El Valero. And you'll
never see olive oil in quite the same way again...
In this sequel to 'Lemons' and 'Parrot', Chris Stewart's
optimism and zest for life is as infectious as ever. 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 cooking.
Despite the extraordinary success of his books, Chris, Ana and
their daughter Chloe continue to live on their farm, with their
numerous dogs, cats, chickens, sheep and misanthropic parrot.
Chris Stewart prepared for life on his Spanish mountain farm with
jobs of doubtful relevance. He was the original drummer in Genesis (he
played on the first album), then joined a circus, learnt how to shear
sheep, went to China to write the Rough Guide, sailed a Cornish Crabber
round the Greek islands, and completed a course in French cooking.
Despite the extraordinary success of his books, Chris, his wife Ana, and
their daughter Chloë, continue to live on their farm, with their
numerous dogs, cats, chickens and sheep. He has written two sequels to
Driving Over Lemons - A Parrot in the Pepper Tree and The Almond Blossom
Appreciation Society - and a book about his time at sea, Three Ways to
Capsize a Boat.
