Thoroughly enjoyable ...
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In contrast to some other reviewers I found this book to be a really good read. I was wary that the book might just be a write-up of a TV series story, but it turned out to be so much more.
I'm a big fan of the travel genre, but found this book to be so pleasing that I have now ordered his latest book (Moon Daisy - which definitely moves me out of my rut) and am looking forward to reading that and enjoying his writing style again.
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Definitely No Going Back....
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A great disappointment, especially after the previous good reviews (could this really be the same book?)
If I had to define this work in a few words, they would be "..then I did this, then I did that, then I did something else..." I found the writing tedious and irresistibly reminiscent of my schoolboy essays on "What I Did In The Holidays".
I did struggle through to the end of this book and it really WAS a struggle. There are no insights, no real information on Catalan life and nothing to interest me in Mr kirby's experiences in Catalunya.
Deu Vos Guard.....Lord Spare Us!
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Realism to the foreign dream
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I read this whilst on holiday, and what struck me most was the amount of optimism the family had as to how things where going to progress once in Catalonia. I really enjoyed the book and would recommend it to anyone like myself interested in living the foreign dream if only I had enough guts to do it.
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Incredible
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Trust me, I've been there! Martin describes his family's heroic move to Spain so personally that it brings the reader right to the Spanish countryside. Good wine, hard work, and a few small maricles make this family's new home one of a kind. I enjoyed this book to the very last drop. No doubt you will too!
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Homage to Catalonia
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I read it in almost one sitting. It's a marvellous story, well told, of a family's dream to live a better life away from the treadmill. The writer cleverly avoids the usual pit-falls (such as describing 'amusing' locals), and has a nice relaxed & likeable style. That lovely part of Spain is brought alive on the page - I think it would make a great Christmas present.
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