by Carol Drinkwater · Little, Brown · tapa dura · ISBN 9780316861168
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«The Olive Season» is Carol Drinkwater's memoir, published by Little, Brown in hardback (340 pages, in English).
The author recounts her life on an olive farm in the French Provence with her partner, Michel, after marrying on a tropical island. With the departure of her gardener Quashia and the need to plant new olive trees to aspire to AOC certification, she must face the work of the estate during her pregnancy. She also seeks a dowser and a beekeeper, while the harvest season approaches and tensions threaten her Mediterranean world.
It is the second installment of Carol Drinkwater's Olive series, a continuation of her successful book The Olive Farm. The work is written in English.
Intended for readers of travel memoirs and rural life stories who enjoy evocative descriptions of Provence.
Carol Drinkwater is a British actress, writer and filmmaker residing in France. She portrayed Helen Herriot in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books All Creatures Great and Small, which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985.
