A Parrot in the Pepper Tree: A Sequel to Driving over Lemons (The Lemons Trilogy)

Chris Stewart

ISBN 10: 0956003818 / ISBN 13: 9780956003812

Verlag: Sort of Books 2009-06-04, 2009

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6666-GRD-9780956003812

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• Titel: A Parrot in the Pepper Tree: A Sequel to Driving over Lemons (The Lemons Trilogy)
• Verlag: Sort of Books 2009-06-04
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0956003818
• ISBN-13: 9780956003812
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: New

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Chris Stewart's Driving Over Lemons (9780956003805) told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras - an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada. Funny, insightful and real, the book became an international bestseller.

A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, the sequel to Lemons, follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloë, as they get to grips with a misanthropic parrot who joins their home, Spanish school life, neighbours in love, their amazement at Chris appearing on the bestseller lists . . and their shock at discovering that their beloved valley is once more under threat of a dam.

A Parrot in the Pepper Tree also looks back on Chris Stewart's former life - the hard times shearing in midwinter Sweden (and driving across the frozen sea to reach island farms); his first taste of Spain, learning flamenco guitar as a 20-year old; and his illustrious music career, drumming for his school band Genesis (sacked at 17, he never quite became Phil Collins), and then for a circus.

. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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Chris Stewart shot to fame with Driving Over Lemons in 1999. Funny, insightful and real, the book tells the story of how he bought a peasant farm on the wrong side of the river, with its previous owner still resident. It became an international bestseller, along with its sequels - A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society and The Last Days of the Bus Club.

In an earlier life, Chris was the original drummer in Genesis (he played on the first album), then joined a circus, learnt how to shear sheep, went to China to write the Rough Guide, gained a pilot's license in Los Angeles, and completed a course in French cooking. His sort of prequel, Three Ways to Capsize a Boat, fills in his lost years as a yacht skipper in the Greek islands.