A Year in Provence [Paperback]

National Bestseller 

In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glorious regional cuisine.A Year in Provencetransports us into all the earthy pleasures of Provençal life and lets us live vicariously at a tempo governed by seasons, not by days.

Delightful. —The Washington Post

 

Get a glass of marc, lean back in your most comfortable chair, and spend a delicious year in Provence. —George Lang

 

Engaging, funny and richly appreciative. —The New York Times Book Review

 

Stylish, witty, delightfully readable. —The Sunday Times(London)

 

Fascinating. —Christian Science Monitor

 

I really loved this book. —Julia Child

Peter Mayle is the author of fifteen books, nine of them novels, including the beloved bestsellerA Year in Provence. A recipient of the Légion d’Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions, he lived in Provence with his wife, Jennie, for more than twenty-five years. Mayle died in 2018.The questions, discussion topics, and reading list that follow are designed to enhance your group's reading of Peter Mayle's delightful books about life in Provence, where he and his wife bought a two-hundred-year-old stone farmhouse nestled in the foothills of the Lubéron Mountains.

1. How well did Mayle's frequent trips to Provence as a tourist prepare him for the reality of residing there? What were some of the initial surprises he and his wife encounteredl#/