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Title:

One Italian Summer: Across the world and back in search of the good life

Written by:

Pip Williams 

Read by:

Felicity Jurd 

Format:

Unabridged CD Audio Book 

Number of CDs:

6 

Duration:

7 hours 8 minutes 

Published:

July 01 2021 

Available Date:

July 01 2021 

Age Category:

Adult 

ISBN:

9781867544135 

Genres:

Non-fiction; Autobiography; Memoirs; Travel Writing 

Publisher:

Bolinda audio 

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Price

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GBP£ 19.98

GBP£ 19.98

 

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From the bestselling author of A Dictionary of Lost Words, Pip Williams brings a warm, funny and poignant story of a family’s search for a better way of living, in the homes and on the farms of strangers.

Pip and Shannon dreamed of living the good life. They wanted to slow down, grow their own food and spend more time with the people they love. But jobs and responsibilities got in the way – their chooks died, their fruit rotted and Pip ended up depressed and in therapy. So they did the only reasonable thing – they quit their jobs, pulled the children out of school and went searching for la dolce vita in Italy. Pip sleeps in a woodshed, feasts under a Tuscan sun, works like a tractor in Calabria and, eventually, finds her dream – though it’s not at all the one she expected.

'Narrator Felicity Jurd's delightful Australian accent enriches this poignant memoir about an Aussie family's year in Italy. As WWOOFERS – travelers who work on organic farms in exchange for room and board – Pip and her young family experienced living quarters ranging from a leaky toolshed to a newly remodeled apartment. Jurd describes the dissatisfaction with high-pressure city jobs that led Pip and her husband to yearn for a better life. But Pip was uncertain about farming. So they set out to learn firsthand from experienced farmers in Italy. Pip's sheer joy in Italian country life is apparent in Jurd's narration, and the amusing anecdotes are recounted with a twinkle. There is warmth in Jurd's voice when describing the most beloved of their Italian hosts, who eventually become lifelong friends.'
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