A Year in Provence

I laughed and laughed! A story of such delightful people, as rich and full bodied as the wines they make!

Hope to follow the footsteps of Peter Mayle, spending one year at Provence. Happiness comes from simple life, simple life that can be found everywhere in provence. Thanks you, Peter Mayle, a very enjoyable book!

I enjoyed his life in Provence. The book is witty and insightful. It made me want to buy a home in Provence and live as he did.

At some point, we all dream of picking up our lives and settling in our favorite vacation spots. Mayle and his wife actually make this fantastical journey and the book reveals their first year as an English couple in Southern France renovating a 200-year-old farmhouse, meeting unlikely neighbors and the delicacies and obsessions of French gastronomy. Oh, the food and the wine and the humor! The book is like having a party where everyone gathers in the kitchen, enjoying the comfort and warmth while swapping stories and tasting savory treats.

I want to go to France now! Peter Mayle's books are light, funny and entertaining. Always a pleasure.

Another IHouse book club book. If you love french cuisine this is the book for you! Also if you are in the middle of a home remodeling you might appreciate their issues with the contractors. Anyone that has ever lived abroad will also enjoy this book as the couple deals with the red tape of french red wine:)

This series by Mayle has to be one of my all time favorites...after having spent time in France - his characterizations and observations are very true to life. Humorous and excellent escape reading!

What a delightful read! A friend lent this to me and from the very first sentence - "The year began with lunch." - I was hooked. The author has done a fantastic job of capturing the essence of some of the more peculiar habits of the French Provencal - the same habits that make them seem so vexing - and charming. Anyone who speaks French will appreciate the many French expressions and exasperations that are littered "partout". I really got a feel for what it must be like to live there and I found myself horribly jealous that I don't. The author's style is light and fun. He does a particuarly good job of describing the many gastronomic adventures that are involved with life in Provence. Don't read this book on an empty stomach or you'll find yourself running to the nearest restaurant in search of an equally succulent dish.

I salivated the entire time reading A Year in Provence due to Mayle's extraordinary ability to appease all your sense--- taste a little more than the others.

I've been working my way through all the English-language books at the local library. This book had plenty of amusing anecdotes & would probably be a great read if you're a foodie and/or an expat snob, but in the end I thought, so what?