An Abundance Of Rain

Literature & Fiction

Carol Drinkwater

Women's Fiction

Penguin??Books

Fanny Crowe struggles to establish a new school in the wilds of nineteenth century Australia as the superstitious local residents, particularly twelve-year-old Richard Blackburn, wonder about her willingness to live in a haunted house.

The Haunted School

Teen & Young Adult

Puffin

'The stars shimmer like spilled handfuls of glitter. The day is beginning to rise with a faint mist. As I turn my head, ghostly halos, auras of light, appear and disappear and I cannot tell if it is caused by my lightheadedness or is a freak of nature. The silence is truly awesome. Not a bird, not a whisper of wind, not a breath of life. Only the two of us, a most implausible pair, standing shoulder to shoulder gazing upon an awakening heaven'. Carol Drinkwater has already built up a large readership eagerly awaiting the third volume of her Olive Farm memoirs. Returning to their home after an extended absence Carol and her husband Michel are looking forward to summer together on the farm. A shocking blow leaves Carol alone. The future is uncertain. The Olive Harvest takes us beyond the perimeters of her olive groves to where hunters, poets, bee-keepers, boars and gypsies abide. In search of the language of troubadours, the dark and sometimes barbarous heart of Provence is revealed. Nature and the generosity of the South of France's harvests offer a path to joy and an abundant resolution. The magnificent humanity and honesty that characterised the first two episodes of her trilogy sets Carol Drinkwater's work apart from others in the same genre. The Olive Harvest and its vibrant Mediterranean world will enthral her many readers.

The olive harvest: a memoir of love, old trees, and olive oil

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

actress Carol Drinkwater from the BBC series "ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL" falling in love with a broken down farm..she and her partner buy it and begin their journey of an olive farm whilst juggling theater and film careers and all of life's twists and turns..THE OLIVE ROUTE continues with Drinkwater traveling for 16 months around the Mediterran looking for insight on the history of the olive.

The Olive Route: A Personal Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean

Travel

Europe

The Olve Route - A Personal Journey To The Heart Of The Mediterranean

History

Weidenfeld and Nicholson

Return to the Olive Farm

Weidenfeld and Nicolson

The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love and Olive Oil in the South of France

Biographies & Memoirs

Little,Brown

Suffragette

Ted Smart

18th June, 1910 We marched from the Embankment to the Albert Hall. It was a glorious day. The sun shone warmly. Everyone was in good spirits. There were aristocrats, artists, even my mother looked happy. She who has been so opposed to my work with the WSPU. More than 10,000 people had rallied and there were dozens of bands playing. It was quite incredible. We waved banners, carried flowers, sang along with the tunes. Hundreds who have been imprisoned for our Cause marched together in a powerful band. It was all very rousing of spirit. I felt proud to be a woman, proud to be alive, proud to be a part of a movement that is fighting to make a difference.

Suffragette; The Diary of Dollie Baxter, London 1909-1913

HIPPO/SCHOLASTIC

22 December 1899 Time is marching forward, carrying us over the threshold and pitching us willy nilly, into a new century. The prospect of growing up in that unexplored territory is so thrilling that I fancy, if I close my eyes tight, I can almost see the process taking place! A day slips away like sand in a sand glass and then another day dawns and so we are caught up in this inevitable passage towards 1900. I bought a journal and have begun to transfer all my scribblings of the last few days into it. I shall call it 'Twentieth Century Girl', for that is what I intend to be!

Twentieth Century Girl (My Story)

Genre Fiction

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