Escape to Languedoc in this poignant and transportative true
account of life in a beautifully restored house in the south of
France 'This love affair between an English family and a very old
French house is by turns turbulent, lyrical and tragic . . .
Enriched by an insatiable, ever-eager curiosity, he takes us down
many a side alley, adding another dimension to the timeless story
of what it is that makes France irresistible' MICHAEL PALIN 'What a
wonderful book. Exquisitely written, it is by turns laugh-out-loud
funny then suddenly, unexpectedly and profoundly moving... an utter
joy and a treat to read from the first to last pages' JAMES HOLLAND
'He writes with genuine emotion . . . He writes beautifully about
life in a French village' DAILY MAIL ________ One day a Londoner
and his wife went a little crazy and bought a crumbling house in
deepest Languedoc. It was love at first sight. Over the years these
Londoners gradually turn the house into a home. They navigate the
language, floods and freezing winters. And eventually they find
their place - their bar, their baker, their builder (ignore him at
your peril). Slowly the family and the locals get to know one
another and these busy English discover slower joys - the scent of
thyme and lavender, the warmth of sun on stone walls, nights hung
with stars, silence in the hills, the importance of history and
memory, the liberation of laughter and the secrets of fig jam. One
Place de l'Eglise is a love letter - to a house, a village, a
country - from an outsider who discovers you can never be a
stranger when you're made to feel so at home. Old houses never
belong to people. People belong to them. ________ 'Wonderful.
Exquisitely written, it is by turns laugh-out-loud funny then
suddenly, unexpectedly and profoundly moving, wistful and touching:
a homage to a place, to magical moments in time. An utter joy and a
treat to read from the first to last pages' James Holland, author
of Brothers in Arms
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