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Camberwell, Vic. : Lantern, 2006. |
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| ISBN: |
9781920989453 1920989455 |
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| Description: |
228 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 30 cm. |
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Australians -- France -- Biography.
France -- Description and travel.
Archer, Vicki.
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Bibliography: p. 226-228. Filmography: p. [225]-226. |
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| Summary: |
Shares an insider's view of life in France, telling a personal tale of 'taking risks, facing challenges and falling in love with all things French'. In 1999 Vicki Archer, with her husband and three children, made a lifelong dream a reality when she bought a seventeenth-century property in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. She spent three years lovingly restoring the farmhouse, bringing back to life the abandoned apple and pear orchards and planning an olive grove of more than 2000 trees. 'My dream has well and truely come true. Our home is filled with family and friends, and friends of family and their friends. We have a magnificent view overlooking the Alpilles, olive trees that continue to prosper and a garden that wraps the house in serenity and calm. I have come to understand that making time and taking time is a pleasure to be enjoyed, not a nuisance to endure. Falling in love all those years ago changed my life as I knew it; my coup de foude opened the door to another life, my French life.' Intertwined with Vicki's words are lavish photographs by Carla Coulson, which reveal the essence of instinctive French Chic. |
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| Url for this record: |
http://search.aucklandcitylibraries.com/accessible.ashx?itemid=|library/marc/acl-iii|b2207476
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| Tags: |
france, travel, autobiography, australian author, cooking, interior design, memoir, photography |