 ...A book is like a garden carried in the pocket... Chinese Proverb
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GETTING TO MANANA
by
MIRANDA INNES
Książka używana, w języku angielskim
Stan książki: db/db+ (mały podpis na pierwszej stronie)
Oprawa: miękka
Ilość stron: 320
Rok wydania: 2003
An English woman’s life in southern Spain; of learning a new language, building a beautiful house and garden, and falling in love – all over again. In January 1997, Miranda Innes's life did an unexpected somersault. Tired of London, becalmed in her career, disenchanted with her long-standing partner, she took her younger son Spigs to Andalucia, found a romantic ruin and made an offer. All that remained for her to do was sell her house in London, rearrange her work and slip away to the sun. At this point, Fate and Football intervened. She had not counted on the sudden emergence of a New Man in her life, the plans of Arsenal Football Club to demolish her house in order to expand their stadium, a badly slipped disc and the logistics involved in moving a lifetime's possessions. Nor had she realized what a struggle building a house or creating a garden in the hostile terrain of southern Spain would be.
Miranda and her partner, Dan felt they were returning to the Stone Age, as they battled with the recalcitrant earth and restored their ruin room by room under the kindly guidance of Juan, their builder, and an array of local eccentrics. Getting to Manana is the lyrical and funny story of Miranda's double love affair with a man and with a countryside, a land where great jagged peaks of naked rock range above a patchwork of little fields, and white villages tumble like sugar cubes down the sides of hills. With wonderful line drawings, sensuous descriptions of the bad and the beautiful, and tips on how to create a few kitchen essentials - from herbal insect repellant to sun-dried tomatoes - this is a book to read and treasure.
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