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By Martin Calder

This is a captivating fish-out-of-water story a couple of younger Englishman who spends a unprecedented summer season operating at a Ferme-Auberge in a distant hilltop village in Gascony, probably the most rural components of Southwest France. it truly is an idyllic land of rolling hills and extensive horizons, swathed with vineyards, sunflowers and pastures. within the tiny hamlet of Pcguilhan, Martin Calder is brought to the Gascon lifestyle, operating the fields and shepherding sheep. it truly is in Pcguilhan that Calder discovers a special and fiercely self reliant humans. choked with colourful characters and sun-drenched landscapes, this can be a story of 2 amorous affairs: a summer time romance with Calder's fellow stagiere, Anja, and the start of a lifelong love affair with Gascony. alongside how you will meet the charismatic and convivial Jacques-Henri, the hardworking farmer whose relatives takes Calder into their domestic and hearts; Pattes, the mischievous and lovely stray puppy who leaves havoc in his wake; Madame "Parle-Beaucoup," the city gossip with a mystery of her personal; and the memorable Monsieur Fustignac, whose delight in his Gascon history is unforgettable. A summer season in Gascony is an event you don’t are looking to miss.

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