When Carol Drinkwater and her fianc&amp;eacute, Michel, are given the opportunity to purchase ten acres of an abandoned olive farm in the South of France, they find the region's splendor impossible to resist. Using their entire savings as a down payment, the couple embark on an adventure that brings them in contact with the charming countryside of Provence, its querulous personalities, petty bureaucracies, and extraordinary wildlife. From the glamour of Cannes and the Isles of L&amp;eacuterins to the charm of her own small plot of land-which she transforms from overgrown weeds into a thriving farm-Drinkwater triumphantly relates how she realized her dream of a peaceful, meaningful life.

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

Biographies & Memoirs

DRINKWATER, Carol

Arts & Literature

Penguin Publishing Group

A sumptuously illustrated companion to the bestselling Olive Farm trilogy. Carol Drinkwater, whose three booksThe Olive Farm, The Olive Season, and The Olive Harvestsold more than a quarter of a million copies in the UK alone, has produced an entirely new volume documenting life on Appassionata, the farm she shares with her husband Michel. Many of the well-loved locations and a large cast of engaging characters make an appearance, and the local customs, hidden beaches, fairs, culinary pleasures, and off-the-beaten track charms of Provence all receive lovingly detailed attention. Carol’s passion and joy will enchant armchair travelers and fans of her earlier works.

The Illustrated Olive Farm: A Newly Written, Illustrated Companion to Her Bestselling Trilogy

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Weidenfeld&Nicolson

The Olive Tree charts Carol Drinkwater's colorful and often dangerous journey in search of the routes that olive cultivation has taken over the centuries. Set during a springtime Mediterranean that is evocative and perennial, it is above all a tale of our time. Troubled by challenges her own South of France farm is experiencing—attack by a virulent pest, the premature ripening of the trees' fruits—Carol realizes new approaches to farming are becoming essential. Traditional customs have been set aside while the use of excessive chemicals is putting the harvests of her crops (and others) at risk. Changing patterns within the world's climate demand urgent action. Carol's quest takes her south through Spain—now the home of more olive trees than anywhere else on earth—Morocco, Algeria, and Italy before she finally returns to her farm. As a woman traveling alone, she is frequently vulnerable and never more so than in Algeria where, on her arrival, terrorist bombs are exploding, devastating the capital. Determined not to give up, Carol accepts the support of a network of beekeepers who parcel her across troubled territories.Through her travels and vivid, sometimes unlikely encounters, Carol confronts some of the critical issues of our time—land-care and the harsh realities of diminishing water reserves—and ends her momentous journey in the company of olive growers whose vision for the future is remarkable and ingenious.

The Olive Tree: A Personal Journey Through Mediterranean Olive Groves

Travel

Europe

Orion Publishing

'It is April, late spring.  Here in the hills behind the Cote d'Azur, the olive groves are delicately blossomed with their tiny white-forked flowers.  Beyond them, perched halfway up the slope of the hill, our belle epoque villa comes into view...'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 Olive Harvest

Travelers & Explorers

Mapping the Heart

Romance

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

The Olive Farm

This is television actress Carol Drinkwater's lyrical account of a new life in France; about her house, Appassionata, and the trials and tribulations of acquiring an olive farm, restoring it, farming the olives, overcoming the heartaches of taking on a "new" French family and understanding slowly the workings and lifestyle of a vivacious Provencal community. The book opens the door on a bustling Mediterranean world using Carol Drinkwater's old abandoned villa as the gateway to it. It explores the local landscape, the various al fresco jazz festivals, the colourful carnival in Nice, the local cuisine, meals around an oval wooden table, the cycle of olive farming and pressing, local wines, Carol's bizarre friendship with a toothless Arab gardener, hours whiled away in a magnificent hammock lugged all the way from northern Brazil because its colours were an exact match for the slatted wooden shutters, and Picasso's museum at Antibes. It is a celebration of Appassionata and its wonderful olive-groved, sun-drenched world and its unlikely cast of characters.

Little Brown Paperbacks (a&C)

Spine creased, page edges tanned. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

The Olive Season : Amour, a New Life and Olives Too

ABACUS +

THE OLIVE FARM and THE OLIVE SEASON are television actress Carol Drinkwater's lyrical accounts of a new life in France; about her house Appassionata and the trials and tribulations of acquiring an olive farm, restoring it, farming the olives, overcoming the heartaches of taking on a 'new' French family and understanding slowly the workings and lifestyle of a vivacious Provencal community. THE OLIVE FARM and THE OLIVE SEASON open the door on a bustling Mediterranean world using Carol Drinkwater's old abandoned villa as the gateway to it. The books explore the local landscape, the various al fresco jazz festivals, the colourful carnival in Nice, the local cuisine, meals around an oval wooden table, the cycle of olive farming and pressing, local wines, Carol's bizarre friendship with a toothless Arab gardener, hours whiled away in magnificent hammock lugged all the way from northern Brazil because its colours were an exact match for the slatted wooden shutters, and Picasso's museum at Antibes.

Celebration of Olives

Young women talk about what led them to cross the line, and how they coped with and learned from their experiences. The collection also includes young women who have had friends or family in jail, and what it has meant for them.

Crossing the Line

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Women's Press, Ltd. (UK)

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Books by DRINKWATER, Carol

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

The Illustrated Olive Farm: A Newly Written, Illustrated Companion to Her Bestselling Trilogy

The Olive Tree: A Personal Journey Through Mediterranean Olive Groves

The Olive Harvest

The Olive Tree: A Personal Journey Through Mediterranean Olive Groves

Mapping the Heart

The Olive Farm

The Olive Season : Amour, a New Life and Olives Too

Celebration of Olives

Crossing the Line