AN INDIE BESTSELLERIt reminded me all over again of why I threw up everything for the magic of La Belle France Carol Drinkwater, author of The Olive FarmAn utterly beguiling immersion in La France Profonde, keenly observed and beautifully told Felicity Cloake, author of One More Croissant for the RoadFor fans of Peter Mayle, Britains finest living nature writer takes the plunge and buys an old farmhouse deep in the French countryside a perfect slice of sunny escapist joy from the perennial Sunday Times bestseller.The Charente roofs of red terracotta tiles, bleachedwhite walls, windows shuttered against the blaring sun. The baker does his rounds in his battered little white van with a hundred warm baguettes in the back, while a cat picks its way past a Romanesque church, the sound of bells skipping across miles of rolling, glorious countryside.For many years a farmer in England, John LewisStempel yearned once again to live in a landscape where turtle doves purr and nightingales sing, as they did almost everywhere in his childhood. He wanted to be selfsufficient, to make his own wine and learn the secrets of truffle farming. And so, buying an old honeycoloured limestone house with bright blue shutters, the LewisStempels began their new life as peasant farmers.Over that first year, LewisStempel fell in love with the French countryside, from the wild boar that trot past the kitchen window to the glowworms and citronella candles that flicker in the evening garden. Although it...

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