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The Olive Farm: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Olive Oil in the South of France

Carol Drinkwater

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Jul 26, 2009 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it really liked it

Shelves: moving-and-starting-over, memoir, foodie, france, nonfiction, travel

I can't get enough of these moving-and-starting-over stories; should my husband be worried? Here Drinkwater, a British actress, and her French producer boyfriend, Michel, impulsively buy an olive farm in the south of France. The property has an amazing view of the Mediterranean, many ancient olive trees well known for the quality of their oil, and a house that is all but falling down. Various good-for-nothing day laborers and slow-paced French bureaucrats find their way into the story. Yes, it's ...more

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Nov 04, 2010 Samantha rated it liked it

I like this book but some of the more flowery patterns needed a red pen and a very firm editor.

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Mar 20, 2017 Nancy H rated it it was amazing

What a wonderful book! This memoir takes the reader right into the heart of the south of France, where you can almost smell the lavender and feel the heat. When Carol and Michel buy a dilapidated olive farm, they must go through so much to finish the sale, save the house and outbuildings, and restore the olive trees and all of the other wonderful things that are hidden at first. Their journey is amazing and so absorbing that the reader is left wondering what happens after the last page!

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