![]() In the spirit of Peter Mayle’s A Year in Provence and Frances Mayes’s Under the Tuscan Sun, The Olive Farm is a splendid tour of southern France, from the glamour of Cannes to the Isles de L rins and a Cistercian monastery on the tiny isle of St. Michel presents their life savings to the real estate broker as a down payment for the farm, embarking the family on an adventure that will bring them in close contact with the charming countryside, querulous personalities, petty bureaucracies, and extraordinary wildlife including a ravenous wild boar of Provence. ![]() But the splendor of the region becomes a force they are unable to resist. After all, they are newlyweds of limited means, and Carol is still adjusting to her role as stepmother to Michel’s two daughters. When the opportunity arises for Carol Drinkwater and her husband, Michel, to purchase ten acres of a disused olive farm in the South of France, the idea seems ridiculously farfetched. ![]()
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