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Synopsis
Autumn has arrived for the Kerrs on their fruit farm on the island of Mallorca…
The year’s third season, ‘winter spring’, finds Peter, under the sharp eye of his long-suffering wife Ellie, struggling to shake off the relaxed Spanish tranquiloness that he has now mastered all too well. Old friendships have been established, and new ones are found as the Kerrs are introduced to Mallorca’s champagne-swilling Filthy-Rich-Set and their eyes are opened by just how the other half lives…
Mosquito-repellent vinegar baths, delicious Mallorcan food, and with background support from dogs, donkeys, geckos, parrots and canaries, this is an autumn such as they’ve never known – Y Viva Mallorca!
Viva Mallorca is the third book in the award-winning series by Peter Kerr, following Snowball Oranges and Mañana, Mañana.
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Peter Kerr`s adventures of moving his family from Scotland to a fruit farm in Mallorca have spawned a third volume to follow on from his previous bestsellers.
Peter Kerr has a dry wit and real insight into the fine detail of everyday life in today`s Spain.
Peter has hit the jackpot with tales from the sunshine isle.
Kerr is a great storyteller and makes astute observations of the Spanish and the British... He weaves into stories of everyday life not only the history of the individual characters...
Next time you go to Mallorca take a tip from me. Arm yourself with a copy of one of Peter Kerr`s books.
BOOK OF THE MONTH: Although the shelves are overloaded with emigration stories, this is one relocation tale that makes for riveting reading, even on its third helping, thanks to Kerr`s...
The latest book from the brilliant novelist Peter Kerr... Viva Mallorca is a gem of a book... witty and amusing and his love of Mallorca is very evident. A great...
Scotland’s top travel writer
As ripe and juicy as the oranges he grows on his Mallorcan farm ... a delectable addition to the growing genre of emigre memoirs ... an irresistible, irrepressible account of...
The Bookworm (Bookworld Espana), Summer 2007
"There have been numerous tales of naïve Brits venturing abroad but few went with the skills to tackle the task"
"Winter spring" finds Peter, under the sharp eye of his long-suffering wife Ellie, struggling to shake off the relaxed Spanish tranquiloness that he has now mastered all to well. Old...
An endearing insight into life in rural Mallorca and a characteristically humorous portrait of its colourful inhabitants.
Telling the fascinating story, diary-style of how a family from Scotland with a background in small-farming got on when they bought a small holding in what the author jokingly refers...
The third volume in Kerr`s trilogy about moving his family from the UK to grow oranges in Mallorca. Again, we share their joys and their woes. It is beautifully descriptive...
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