AliCorbin reviewed Driving over lemons by Chris Stewart
Review of 'Driving over lemons' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
(Retitled, in the paperback edition, to "an Optimist in Spain". I guess us dumb Americans don't known where Andalucia is. Or how to spell it.)
A charming little book letting the armchair traveler have a glimpse into an obscure corner of the world. Yet another light book in the genre of "bumbling [Britisher|American] comes to live the simple life in [Spain|Provence|Italy|Greece]". That 'aw, shucks' tone wore a little thing for me, and from his bio, Stewart actually seemed much more interesting than he pretended to be.
The book was too thin to hold our attention very long, and we wandered far afield (much like Chris's sheep) into other books, factory farms, and sheep raising in the Willamette Valley, and within the Portland city limits.
(Retitled, in the paperback edition, to "an Optimist in Spain". I guess us dumb Americans don't known where Andalucia is. Or how to spell it.)
A charming little book letting the armchair traveler have a glimpse into an obscure corner of the world. Yet another light book in the genre of "bumbling [Britisher|American] comes to live the simple life in [Spain|Provence|Italy|Greece]". That 'aw, shucks' tone wore a little thing for me, and from his bio, Stewart actually seemed much more interesting than he pretended to be.
The book was too thin to hold our attention very long, and we wandered far afield (much like Chris's sheep) into other books, factory farms, and sheep raising in the Willamette Valley, and within the Portland city limits.
