Author: Michelle Lawson
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789016908
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An exploration of the English community in a remote corner of France. A book which looks beyond the stereotype of the English living abroad. No other travel narratives have focused on the Ariège Pyrenees region of France. Intrigued by the endless accounts of English incomers ‘living the dream’ in France, Michelle Lawson set out to find out what it’s all about beneath that romantic veneer. Travelling around the Ariège Pyrenees she captured stories and observed the online interactions of a scattered English community, as well as frank conversations with new arrivals, old-timers and those packing up to return to England. We hear stories of meticulous preparation as well as buying on a whim, and from those who describe themselves as village celebrities, along with couples living in social isolation. The book is a long way from the usual ‘we moved to France’ accounts. Instead it casts aside the romantic lens as the author travels among English settlers to hear their reasons for ending up in this remote corner of France. Readers will feel a mix of admiration, envy and sympathy, and perhaps even irritation with the incomers, as they sometimes contradict themselves in order to avoid the well-worn stereotype of the English abroad. The book is also a gentle reminder that such stereotypes present an unbalanced picture, and that if incomers do stick to some of their old ways, the reasons why might be understandable. The author weaves her relationship with the landscape into the stories of the incomers in this wild and depopulated corner of the Pyrenees. Stories open up comment on local issues relating to conservation and re-wilding, as well as the continuing shadow of wartime events, in this much less well known part of France.
A House at the End of the Track
Author: Michelle Lawson
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789016908
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An exploration of the English community in a remote corner of France. A book which looks beyond the stereotype of the English living abroad. No other travel narratives have focused on the Ariège Pyrenees region of France. Intrigued by the endless accounts of English incomers ‘living the dream’ in France, Michelle Lawson set out to find out what it’s all about beneath that romantic veneer. Travelling around the Ariège Pyrenees she captured stories and observed the online interactions of a scattered English community, as well as frank conversations with new arrivals, old-timers and those packing up to return to England. We hear stories of meticulous preparation as well as buying on a whim, and from those who describe themselves as village celebrities, along with couples living in social isolation. The book is a long way from the usual ‘we moved to France’ accounts. Instead it casts aside the romantic lens as the author travels among English settlers to hear their reasons for ending up in this remote corner of France. Readers will feel a mix of admiration, envy and sympathy, and perhaps even irritation with the incomers, as they sometimes contradict themselves in order to avoid the well-worn stereotype of the English abroad. The book is also a gentle reminder that such stereotypes present an unbalanced picture, and that if incomers do stick to some of their old ways, the reasons why might be understandable. The author weaves her relationship with the landscape into the stories of the incomers in this wild and depopulated corner of the Pyrenees. Stories open up comment on local issues relating to conservation and re-wilding, as well as the continuing shadow of wartime events, in this much less well known part of France.
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1789016908
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An exploration of the English community in a remote corner of France. A book which looks beyond the stereotype of the English living abroad. No other travel narratives have focused on the Ariège Pyrenees region of France. Intrigued by the endless accounts of English incomers ‘living the dream’ in France, Michelle Lawson set out to find out what it’s all about beneath that romantic veneer. Travelling around the Ariège Pyrenees she captured stories and observed the online interactions of a scattered English community, as well as frank conversations with new arrivals, old-timers and those packing up to return to England. We hear stories of meticulous preparation as well as buying on a whim, and from those who describe themselves as village celebrities, along with couples living in social isolation. The book is a long way from the usual ‘we moved to France’ accounts. Instead it casts aside the romantic lens as the author travels among English settlers to hear their reasons for ending up in this remote corner of France. Readers will feel a mix of admiration, envy and sympathy, and perhaps even irritation with the incomers, as they sometimes contradict themselves in order to avoid the well-worn stereotype of the English abroad. The book is also a gentle reminder that such stereotypes present an unbalanced picture, and that if incomers do stick to some of their old ways, the reasons why might be understandable. The author weaves her relationship with the landscape into the stories of the incomers in this wild and depopulated corner of the Pyrenees. Stories open up comment on local issues relating to conservation and re-wilding, as well as the continuing shadow of wartime events, in this much less well known part of France.
Annual Report
Author: Georgia Rail Road Company
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
The Texas Civil Appeals Reports
Author: Texas. Court of Civil Appeals
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Civil Appeals of the State of Texas.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Civil Appeals of the State of Texas.
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory of Oklahoma
Author: Oklahoma. Supreme Court
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 970
Book Description
The Southwestern Reporter
Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1218
Book Description
Awards ... First Division, National Railroad Adjustment Board
Author: United States. National Railroad Adjustment Board
Publisher:
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Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
The Northwestern Reporter
Author:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1208
Book Description
The South Western Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.
Publisher:
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Texas, and Court of Appeals of Kentucky; Aug./Dec. 1886-May/Aug. 1892, Court of Appeals of Texas; Aug. 1892/Feb. 1893-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Civil and Criminal Appeals of Texas; Apr./June 1896-Aug./Nov. 1907, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory; May/June 1927-Jan./Feb. 1928, Courts of Appeals of Missouri and Commission of Appeals of Texas.
Better Fruit
Engineering Record, Building Record and Sanitary Engineer
Author: Charles Frederick Wingate
Publisher:
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Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Building
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description