More than a decade ago, Angela Murrills and husband Peter Matthews began their love affair with the Languedoc, an area in southern France near the ...
read full description
reviews
Sep 08, 2008
Bonny
rated it: 
I would reccomend this book to anyone who enjoys travelling, enjoys food and dreams of living in France.
This book is set partly in Vancouver, BC where the authors live for part of the year .. and drea,m of how soon they can return to the Langdoc.
I really enjoyed this bok and while I haven't been to the Langdoc, I recognized enough places from reading other current best sellers, Da Vinci Code and Labyrinth.
If you love good reading and a few mst try recipes, gra More...
This book is set partly in Vancouver, BC where the authors live for part of the year .. and drea,m of how soon they can return to the Langdoc.
I really enjoyed this bok and while I haven't been to the Langdoc, I recognized enough places from reading other current best sellers, Da Vinci Code and Labyrinth.
If you love good reading and a few mst try recipes, gra More...
4 comments
like
(2 people liked it)
Apr 15, 2010
Cheryl
rated it: 
This book is about a couple from Canada who make several trips to the Languedoc region of France and then decide to buy a home there. It's got great recipes, history of the area, great information on the region. It does, however, lack some of the great irony, humor and mishaps that good travel writers usually include which is why I can only give the book four stars.
Nov 28, 2008
Laura
rated it:
A very charming entry in the Peter Mayles, Susan Loomis 'I Bought a House in France' annals of expat literature. Angela Murrills' account of her ten year adventure, along with her husband Peter Matthews, in the Languedoc region of France combines history, recipes, personal anecdotes, and delightful pen and ink sketches (her husband's) in a well-organized, gracefully written whole. I enjoyed this very much, when I wasn't consumed with envy, that is. Thank you, Bonny, for recommending this. You w
More...
Sep 20, 2011
Tina
rated it: 
A little too much of a discussion on food for me and few recipes I would prepare due to time and ingredients.
Jan 23, 2012
Jan 05, 2012
Dec 29, 2011
Dec 29, 2011
Oct 24, 2011
Aug 04, 2011
Jun 01, 2011
May 09, 2011
Jan 28, 2011
Aug 06, 2011
Sep 23, 2010
Jul 17, 2010
Feb 24, 2010
Apr 11, 2011
Apr 13, 2009
