In her mid-thirties, the author had it all: a successful career as a fashion editor, a handsome boyfriend, fab flat in west London and a gorgeous array of shoes. But when
her boyfriend leaves, she hangs up her Manolos and waves goodbye to her glamorous city lifestyle to go it alone in a run-down house in rural Poitou-Charentes, in central western France. Acquiring a host of new friends and unsuitable suitors, she learns that true happiness can be found in the simplest of things – a bike ride through the countryside on a summer evening, or a kir or three in a neighbour's courtyard.
Perfect summer reading for anyone who dreams of chucking away their Blackberry in favour of real blackberrying and downshifting to France.
her boyfriend leaves, she hangs up her Manolos and waves goodbye to her glamorous city lifestyle to go it alone in a run-down house in rural Poitou-Charentes, in central western France. Acquiring a host of new friends and unsuitable suitors, she learns that true happiness can be found in the simplest of things – a bike ride through the countryside on a summer evening, or a kir or three in a neighbour's courtyard.
Perfect summer reading for anyone who dreams of chucking away their Blackberry in favour of real blackberrying and downshifting to France.
