A charming, and often funny, expat tale. Looking at the picturesque village scene before her, Twead wishes she was a "talented artist and could capture that moment in time on canvas for ever." Happily for her, she does.
--Telegraph
'Victoria Twead is a natural storyteller with a knack for charm and wit.' --Robin Bayley, author of 'The Mango Orchard'
'laugh-out-loud funny...especially the Spanish women heckling over eggs from "The English"...hilarious...engaging...the interspersion of recipes is charming' --HarperCollins
Weeks later, after finishing the book, you will be standing at your kitchen window doing the dishes and then recall some fleeting scene with chickens or mules or two old fools and laugh out loud all over again. --The Catalunya Chronicle
Product Description
Perhaps if Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny village, tucked in the Alpujarra mountains, would really be like, they might have hesitated...
They have no idea of the culture shock in store. No idea they will become reluctant chicken farmers and own the most dangerous cockerel in Spain. No idea they will be befriended by an 85 year old spliff-smoking sex-kitten, help capture a vulture or be rescued by a mule. Life is never dull as they embark on their Five Year Plan.
At the end of five years they must decide. Will they stay, or return to the relative sanity of England?
Vicky and Joe's story is packed with irreverent humour, animals, eccentric characters and sunshine.
'Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools' was awarded the HarperCollins Authonomy 'Gold Star'.
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Review
A charming, and often funny, expat tale. Looking at the picturesque village scene before her, Twead wishes she was a "talented artist and could capture that moment in time on canvas for ever." Happily for her, she does.
--Telegraph
'Victoria Twead is a natural storyteller with a knack for charm and wit.'
--Robin Bayley, author of 'The Mango Orchard'
'laugh-out-loud funny...especially the Spanish women heckling over eggs from "The English"...hilarious...engaging...the interspersion of recipes is charming'
--HarperCollins
Weeks later, after finishing the book, you will be standing at your kitchen window doing the dishes and then recall some fleeting scene with chickens or mules or two old fools and laugh out loud all over again.
--The Catalunya Chronicle
Product Description
Perhaps if Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny village, tucked in the Alpujarra mountains, would really be like, they might have hesitated...
They have no idea of the culture shock in store. No idea they will become reluctant chicken farmers and own the most dangerous cockerel in Spain. No idea they will be befriended by an 85 year old spliff-smoking sex-kitten, help capture a vulture or be rescued by a mule. Life is never dull as they embark on their Five Year Plan.
At the end of five years they must decide. Will they stay, or return to the relative sanity of England?
Vicky and Joe's story is packed with irreverent humour, animals, eccentric characters and sunshine.
'Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools' was awarded the HarperCollins Authonomy 'Gold Star'.