The third episode in the trilogy that began with The
Olive Farm
£6.99 PB 416pp
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‘The stars shimmer like spilled handfuls of glitter.
The day is beginning to rise with a faint mist. As I
turn my head, ghostly halos, auras of light, appear
and disappear and I cannot tell if it is caused by my
lightheadedness or is a freak of nature. The silence
is truly awesome. Not a bird, not a whisper of wind,
not a breath of life. Only the two of us, a most implausible
pair, standing shoulder to shoulder gazing upon an awakening
heaven'.
Returning to their home after an extended absence Carol
and her husband Michel are looking forward to summer
together on the farm. A shocking blow leaves Carol alone.
The future is uncertain.
The Olive Harvest takes us beyond the perimeters
of her olive groves to where hunters, poets, bee-keepers,
boars and gypsies abide. In search of the language of
troubadours, the dark and sometimes barbarous heart
of Provence is revealed. Nature and the generosity of
the South of France’s harvests offer a path to
joy.
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