The second book, which I believe is part of a triology of Ruth Silvestre living in France. I was keen to read this book published in 1997 after recently reading the first installment. The background being that in the first book Ruth and her husband Mike spent time finding a place to live in France [...]
I find the whole subject of maximising your income, saving money, budgetting and yes living a frugal lifestyle very interesting. Though for the first chapter or two I admit I struggled with this book. I wasn’t enjoying reading it and then slowly that changed. Kath Kelly’s attitude, determination changed that and then I found myself [...]
A fairly famous book written by Peter Mayle first published in 1989. It was turned into a tv series starring the great John Thaw and had a sequel or even two written. The book is about Peter, his wife and a couple of dogs buying a property in a rural village in Provence, France. The [...]