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- Product code: 9716
- ISBN: 0952363518,
ISBN13: 9780952363514,
264 pages, paperback
Published by La Puce Publishing on 1998
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Description of René and Me |
The sequel to Home & Dry in France tells the story of our heroes’ attempt to survive a year living off the land and their wits at their dilapidated watermill in Normandy. Determined to make a go of living the good life, the Easts find themselves with an unofficial estate manager and mentor as René Ribet moves on to their land in his ancient caravan.
Their new friend will, he says, school them in the ways of the countryside and help them restore their ruined property and fortunes at the same time. To the innocents abroad he appears a godsend. To the locals in the nearby village of Néhou, however, René Ribet is known as The Fox of Cotentin.
Doomed schemes launched by the unlikely partnership include bottling the waters of their polluted stream, manufacturing the first ever garlic-flavoured car deodoriser and holding rallies for metal-detecting enthusiasts to discover the whereabouts of the long-dead miller’s legendary hoard of gold. As the seasons pass, the couple finally realise that the real treasure has been all around them, all the time..
ABOUT THE SERIES
Millions of people around the world have followed the small adventures of an English couple who realised a common dream and moved across the Channel to begin a new life in France. The Mill of the Flea series chronicles the sometimes bizarre situations and characters encountered by the author and his wife as they find, buy and restore a ruined water mill in a beautiful part of Lower Normandy while struggling to make ends meet - and come to terms with their role as the ultimate ‘innocents abroad’. This much-loved series is sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant..and always immensely readable.
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Reviews'When such experiences are presented by raconteur of George East's stature, few people could fail to ignore all else until the book is devoured to the very last page...'
Living France Magazine
Here’s what some of the tens of thousands of readers who have become ‘Friends of the Flea’ have to say about the series and its author:
"Absolutely enchanting…"
"I just couldn’t stop laughing…"
"George East is a comic genius, and that’s for sure…"
"Funny, sad, and always, always engaging…"
"So true about people and human nature, anywhere in the world.."
"Reading the Mill of the Flea books has been one of the greatest small pleasures in my life.."
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