Extra Virgin

Annie Hawes

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English

Penguin
26 April 2001

Biography: general; Travel writing

A small stone house deep among the olive groves of Liguria, going for the price of a dodgy second-hand car. Annie Hawes and her sister, on the spot by chance, have no plans whatsoever to move to the Italian Riviera but find naturally that it's an offer they can't refuse. The laugh is on the Foreign Females who discover that here amongst the hardcore olive farming folk their incompetence is positively alarming. Not to worry- the thrifty villagers of Diano San Pietro are on the case, and soon plying the Pallid Sisters with advice, ridicule, tall tales and copious hillside refreshments ...

By: Annie Hawes
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 242g
ISBN: 9780140294231
ISBN 10: 0140294236
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 26 April 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annie Hawes, originally from Shepherd's Bush, has lived in Liguria now for fifteen years.

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