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About the Book

It's the stuff of dreams: A Scottish family gives up relative sanity and security to grow oranges for a living in a secluded mountain valley on the Mediterranean island of Majorca. But dreams, as everyone knows, have a nasty habit of not turning out quite as intended. Being greeted by a freak snowstorm is only the first of many surprising "experiences," and it isn't long before they realize that the orange farm they've purchased is a bit of a lemon. However, laughter is the best medicine when confronted with consuming a local delicacy containing rats, the "live-chicken-down-a-chimney" technique of household maintenance, and attending a shotgun wedding. Their colorful Majorcan neighbors restore the family's faith in humanity, and help them adapt to a new and unexpectedly challenging life in this deceptively simple idyll of rural Spain. SNOWBALL ORANGES is hilarious and revealing, full of life and vivacity, set against the breathtaking backdrop of Majorca.

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'This should do for Spain what "A Year in Provence" did for France."--"The Sunday Post Magazine" "" "An affectionate and amusing tale on Majorca and its inhabitants."--"Sunday Express" "Although this genre has grown thin, given the plethora of books that have appeared since Frances Mayes's Under the Tuscan Sun and Peter Mayles's A Year in Provence, Kerr manages to give us a lively spin on the difficulties and successes he and his family experience after they purchase a run-down orange grove on Majorca. This charming, cheerful book will appeal to anyone looking for a different take on Spain and Majorca. For large travel collections."--Library Journal "Peter Kerr's earthy sense of humor suits the situation perfectly, as does his rueful recognition of when he's made a fool of himself-rather often, as it happens." --February's Islands magazine" This semi-autobiographical book, with its captivating images of Majorcan lifestyle, combines the informative points of a travel book with the charisma of a folksy memoir."-- Sanford Herald


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781585748662
  • Publisher: Lyons Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Lyons Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Spine Width: 19 mm
  • Weight: 340 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1585748668
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2003
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: a Winter's Tale on a Spanish Isle
  • Width: 133 mm


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