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Title: Driving Over Lemons : An Optimist in Spain by Chris Stewart ISBN: 0-375-70915-0 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 08 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (27 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A fun read
Comment: This book does a great job of letting the reader get to know and love the characters. Its just a fun read!
Rating: 2
Summary: Pretty much a lemon
Comment: Am I the only person that was bored to tears by Driving over Lemons? I found this to be a mind-numbing yawn in which sheep-shearer Stewart uproots his family to southern Spain, fixes up his wreck of a farm (irrigation problems, etc.), meets his not particularly interesting neighbors and struggles to adapt to the local ways. Sound familiar? Well Peter Mayle started the trend and is still the gold standard... and Chris Stewart just can't measure up to Mayle in terms of wit, charm or humour. Sure the writing style has the sort of easy flow that one would expect and the fact that Stewart is there for the long haul- striving to re-establish himself as a sheep shearer- represents a new twist and seems to appeal to people (the glowing reviews on Amazon led me to buy this in the first place). But reading Driving over Lemons made me realize that not every move to southern Europe deserves a book or an audience. Strictly for fans of the "expat-lifestyle" genre.
Rating: 5
Summary: Loved it!
Comment: I think most has already been said. So I'm just going to add that I really enjoyed this book. I thought it was interesting, pleasant and even funny at times. I feel like I really got to know this family and actually started caring about them. Wonderful. Liked it better then "Spanish Lessons" which is very similar in that it depicts a family moving to a small village in Spain.
Love the cover design.
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Title: Spanish Lessons : Beginning a New Life in Spain by Derek Lambert ISBN: 0767904168 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: South from Granada by Gerald Brenan, Chris Fortunato ISBN: 156836184X Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks ISBN: 0312274920 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 07 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Iberia by James A. Michener ISBN: 0449207331 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 12 October, 1984 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Living and Working in Spain: A Survival Handbook (Living and Working) by David Hampshire ISBN: 1901130622 Publisher: Survival Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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