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Book SynopsisNOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES: CAROL DRINKWATER''S SECRET PROVENCE
Life and love, olive groves and bee hives in Provence - further adventures in the bestselling Olive Farm series from the author of THE FORGOTTEN SUMMER
''Drinkwater is a rare writer who tackles other people brilliantly...Vibrant, intoxicating and heart-warming'' SUNDAY EXPRESS
''She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside'' BELLA
After sixteen months of travelling round the Mediterranean in search of the ancient secrets of the olive tree, Carol returns to her beloved olive farm in the south of France, to her husband Michel and his burgeoning family. However, the homecoming celebrations are overshadowed by disturbing discoveries.
The plight of the honey bee has become an international crisis and Carol is faced with unsettling news about the hives on her own olive farm.
While the multinational companies are pushing for ''bigger, bet
Trade Review
A spellbinding memoir
* CHOICE *
A passionate book about confronting difficult environmental issues * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
Drinkwater is a rare writer who tackles other people brilliantly...Vibrant, intoxicating and heart-warming
* SUNDAY EXPRESS *
One cannot resist Drinkwater's courage and joie de vivre, nor the enormous appetite and enthusiasm for her subject
-- Wendy Holden * DAILY MAIL *
The new leader of the pack
* THE TIMES *
She writes so well you can almost smell the sun-baked countryside
* BELLA *
Beautifully written with a great sense of humour, it captures perfectly the dreamy atmosphere of the South of France and its people
* WOMAN & HOME *
I love Carol Drinkwater's
Olive Farm series about her life in Provence. I read them on the beach, thinking how wonderful a summer in France would be -- Jane Brown * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING *
I found this the most absorbing of Carol Drinkwater's reports from her Provence Olive Farm, a sink or swim account of attempting to free the farm and its inhabitants from the dangerous chemicals needed to bring an Olive crop to fruition. -- Sue Baker * LOVEREADING.CO.UK *
A passionate book about confronting difficult environmental issues. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *
