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A Parrot in the Pepper Tree: A Sequel to Driving over Lemons (The Lemons Trilogy)

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Despite the extraordinary success of his first two books, Chris, Ana and their daughter Chlöe continue to live on their farm, with their numerous dogs, cats, chickens, sheep and one misanthropic parrot. The first book "Driving over lemons" was more interesting to me than this one, however for a nice chill out read this is the one, there's no complicated plots to struggle to follow and for me the people in the book are all very likeable.

Chris Stewart turns another leaf on his life in southern Spain in this evocative and very funny Sort Of sequel to his best-selling biography, Driving Over Lemons. Although several demos from Stewart's time with Genesis appear on the Genesis Archive 1967-75 box set, he is not credited with playing on any of them. A Parrot in the Pepper Tree also looks back on Chris Stewart's former life -- the hard times shearing in midwinter Sweden (and driving across the frozen sea to teach island farms; his first taste of Spain, learning the flamenco guitar as a 20-year-old; and his illustrious music career, drumming for his school band Genesis (sacked at 17, he never quite became Phil Collins), and then for Sir Robert Fossett's circus. Between all of that, he brings his eccentric neighbours vibrantly to life on the page and you learn about their lives in Stewart’s beloved valley — which, at the end of the book, you learn is under threat of a dam.I'm definitely not a fan of 'we escaped the rat race and bought a run down property' books but this is more than just one of those. Don't expect a big rollercoaster adventure; Pepper Tree is more of a hike through a quirky human zoo.

In the first book in the series - Driving over Lemons - he introduced himself and something of his life. Papagailis piparu kokā" lasīsanas pieredze ir salīdzināma ar vienu no tām situācijām, kad satiec nepazīstamu cilvēku, kas uzsāk sarunu, un pašam nemanot, sarunai beidzoties jūs esat kas līdzīgs draugiem. El estilo tosco y, desaparecida la novedad de la ironía educada inglesa, te preguntas a dónde te lleva todo esto. A PARROT IN A PEPPER TREE, the sequel to Lemons, follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloe, as they get to grips with a misanthropic parrot who joins their home, Spanish school life, neighbours in love, their amazement at Chris appearing on the bestseller lists . Alas like so many authors a brilliant first book doe not necessarily guarantee the success of subsequent publications.Kriss ir cilvēks kā visi mēs, kas ir dzīves gaitā saskāries gan ar bēdīgākām, gan ar priecīgākām notikumiem.

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