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Excerpt from Jérusalem
C'est lundi de Pâques. Arrivés du désert, nous nous éveillons sous des tentes au milieu d'un cimetière de Gaza. Plus de Bédouins sauvages autour de nous, plus de chameaux ni de droma daires. Nos nouveaux hommes, qui sont des Maro nites, se hâtent de seller et de harnacher nos nouvelles bêtes, qui sont des chevaux et des mu lets; nous levons le camp pour monter vers Jérusalem.
Précédés de deux gardes d'honneur, que nous a donnés le pacha de la ville et qui écartent devant nous la foule, nous traversons longuement les marchés et les bazars. Ensuite, la banlieue, Où l'animation du matin se localise autour des fon taines tout le peuple des vendeurs d'eau est là.
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About the author
Actress Carol Drinkwater is probably best known for her role as Helen Herriot in the BBC series 'All Creatures Great and Small.' Also an accomplished novelist, she has achieved bestselling status with her much-loved memoirs of life on an olive farm in Provence, of which this is the third volume.
Summary
'It is April, late spring. Here in the hills behind the Cote d'Azur, the olive groves are delicately blossomed with their tiny white-forked flowers. Beyond them, perched halfway up the slope of the hill, our belle epoque villa comes into view...'
Returning to their home after an extended absence Carol and her husband Michel are looking forward to summer together on the farm. A shocking blow leaves Carol alone. The future is uncertain. The Olive Harvest takes us beyond the perimeters of her olive groves to where hunters, poets, bee-keepers, boars and gypsies abide. In search of the language of troubadours, the dark and sometimes barbarous heart of Provence is revealed. Nature and the generosity of the South of France's harvests offer a path to joy and an abundant resolution.
Foreword
The third and much-awaited final episode of a trilogy, The Olive Harvest will not disappoint Carol Drinkwater's many readers. A very strong compelling recording by Carol. Audio edition contains a bonus-track interview with Carol Drinkwater. Abridged edition.
