The Almond Blossom - Appreciation Society

Chris Stewart, one-time Genesis drummer turned sheepshearer, and author of the bestselling " good life abroad " book, Driving over Lemons, still lives at El Valero, his farm on the wrong side of the river in rural Andalucia. And life at El Valero continues in decidedly oddball fashion. When Chris arrived in the Alpujarras, fifteen years ago, he could never have imagined the locals would invite him to join an Almond Blossom Appreciation Society, or that his daughter Chloe would be teaching him about teenage Spanish social life; nor that he would be spending time shepherding Bostonian art trustees around Seville, or working in an immigrants' advice centre in Granada, spurred into action by the arrival of four young Moroccans at El Valero. In this sequel to driving Over lemons and A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, Chris Stewart's optimism and zest for life is as infectious as ever.