The final book from the beloved author of A Year in Provence- recollections from twenty-five years in France-lessons learned, culinary delights, and changes observed.
Peter Mayle wrote fifteen previous books. He was a proud recipient of the Legion d'Honneur from the French government for his cultural contributions. He died in January 2018.
“Full of thoughtful reflections and trenchant observations. . . .
It’s wonderful to get to go on one more journey with [Mayle] and
remember why we fell in love with him and his writing.” —San
Francisco Chronicle
“Idyllic.” —USA Today
“A warm, nostalgia-soaked look at the place [Mayle] loved so
dearly, packed with fond recollections of the pleasures of life in
the region, from pastis to Pétanque.” —Travel + Leisure
“[Mayle’s] keen eye and wit are much on display.” —The Philadelphia
Inquirer
“[A] well-loved writer’s contented recap of a life well lived. . .
. Mayle set a new course for travel writing.” —Minneapolis Star
Tribune
“Delightfully quaint anecdotes from the years since Mayle and his
wife, Jennie, escaped office life in New York and London in the
1980s for ‘a simpler, sunnier life’ in Provence. . . . Composed in
a uniformly bright and jocular voice, this is a breezy valedictory
note for a much admired writer.” —Publishers Weekly
“A welcome, if bittersweet, victory lap. The book’s final sentences
are particularly resonant of a life well lived: ‘I must go. Lunch
is calling.’” —The New York Times Book Review
“Mayle takes readers back to the idyllic, slow-paced and
occasionally befuddling world that [he] first wrote about in his
best-selling memoir A Year in Provence. . . . [My Twenty-Five Years
in Provence] treads delightfully familiar ground for fans who
succumbed to the charms of Mayle’s first book. The new volume
transports readers to the South of France through the eyes of an
Englishman who never ceases to marvel at the sunshine, fine food
and sometimes inscrutable culture of his adopted turf.” —Associated
Press
“In this final memoir, Mayle returns to the beginning. . . . This
is France, so of course food and wine play a large part in his
writing. But while Mayle can pen a mouthwatering description of
bouillabaisse, what has always drawn readers to his writing are his
loving portraits of people, community and the Provençal way of
life.” —BookPage
“Mayle’s mellowest book, touched by the tenderness of a writer
summing himself up. . . . Even in moments of majesty, Mayle’s
puckish humor prevails.” —The Wall Street Journal
“One of the most successful and influential memoirists of our era.
. . . [Mayle’s writings] not only inspired people to explore the
French countryside, they encouraged travelers to explore the world
differently.” —Toronto Star
“Peter Mayle may have single-handedly created an American and
British obsession with the French region of Provence when he
published A Year in Provence in 1989. . . . [His] latest book . . .
retains the charm of the original. His gentle humor and precise
descriptions bring to life a region where time is relative and old
ways persist.” —The Providence Journal
“A warm, sentimental, vicarious glimpse into a life well lived.”
—Canadian Living
“[An] amusing, pleasantly written, and easily read book.” —The New
Criterion
“Confirmation that daydreams do come true. . . . Mayle had the
gumption to do what many only daydream about: run away to a
paradise.” —Library Journal
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