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elleng

(136,071 posts) Mon Jul 5, 2021, 02:01 PM Jul 2021

9 days to go before the online event featuring Jennie Mayle and Martin Walker,

discussing "A Year in Provence" ! ➡️ https://urlz.fr/g37e Everyday until then, we will post an excerpt from the book, one for each month of a special year !

"APRIL : "The bakery was crowded and noisy, and smelled of warm dough and the almonds that had gone into the morning’s cakes. While we waited, we remembered being told that the French spend as much of their income on their stomachs as the English do on their cars and stereo systems, and we could easily believe it".
- - Peter Mayle, A Year in Provence (https://urlz.fr/eRiZ)

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9 days to go before the online event featuring Jennie Mayle and Martin Walker, (Original Post) elleng Jul 2021 OP

An enjoyable book. I read it many years ago and remember justhanginon Jul 2021 #1

justhanginon

(3,324 posts)

1. An enjoyable book. I read it many years ago and remember

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Mon Jul 5, 2021, 02:07 PM

Jul 2021

it as a good look into an alternative way of living.

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