When Chris Stewart flies to Spain and on impulse buys a farm in the Andalucian mountains, he has no idea what he’s taking on. The farm has no electricity, no running water, no easy access, and to cap it all, the former who sold it to him does not seem prepared to move out any time soon. However, Chris and his wife Ana set about making the farm their home and their livelihood. This book tells the true story of Chris and Ana’s move to a different country and lifestyle and how they created their home out of the remote farm.
This book is charming throughout. Chris is a thoroughly likeable narrator, and I really liked his wife Ana too. The way of life in the Andalucian mountains is amusingly and affectionately described, and there are a cast of wonderful characters, in the friends and neighbours who become part of Chris and Ana’s lives.
Stewart is very self-effacing and happy to admit to mistakes made in the early part of the rebuilding process, and as hard as some of the tasks they set themselves undoubtedly were, he somehow managed to make the whole process seem extremely inviting.
I wasn’t sure that this would be my kind of book, but I actually found it to be a gentle and sweet story, that was hard to put down.
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