Toujours Provence - (Vintage Departures) by Peter Mayle (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The author of the beloved bestseller A Year In Provence offers readers another funny, beautifully evocative book about life in the picturesque French town--a heartwarming place where, if you can't quite "get away from it all", you can surely have a good time trying. a good time trying.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>NATIONAL BESTSELLER </p><p>Taking up where his beloved <i>A Year in Provence</i> leaves off, Peter Mayle offers us another funny, beautifully (and deliciously) evocative book about life in Provence. With tales only one who lives there could know--of finding gold coins while digging in the garden, of indulging in sumptuous feasts at truck stops--and with characters introduced with great affection and wit--the gendarme fallen from grace, the summer visitors ever trying the patience of even the most genial Provençaux, the straightforward dog Boy--<i>Toujours Provence</i> is a heart-warming portrait of a place where, if you can't quite get away from it all, you can surely have a very good time trying.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Light and loving . . . a welcoming, happy book." --<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>"Like returning to a country inn, where you know the owner, where they save your favorite room for you, and the bartender remembers what you drink. . . . Provence has been fortunate in its laureates." --<i>The New York Times Book Review</i>"Peter Mayle [is] something of a wonder . . . chronicling the scene around him in irresistible prose . . . the joys of a bountiful climate, brilliant sun and a splendid cuisine." --<i>Time</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Peter Mayle is the author of fifteen books, nine of them novels, including the beloved bestseller <i>A Year in Provence</i>. A recipient of the Légion d'Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions, he lived in Provence with his wife, Jennie, for more than twenty-five years. Mayle died in 2018.
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