When I first saw the promotional materials for Driving over Lemons, I was struck by the description of the author, Chris Stewart, as "a former drummer for the rock band Genesis." After brushing up on my rock history, I now know that Stewart in fact left the band at the tender age of seventeen, so this isn't quite the story of a hard rocker gone rural.Rather it's a tale of giving it all up and moving to the country. But unlike A Year in Provence, things in Stewart's book don't go so smoothly. But by all reports, Stewart's tale of life on a remote farm in Andalucia, Spain, is "a wonderful account of his Andalucian adventure" (Peter Gabriel) and "a true portrait of place" (Daily Mail).
The book comes out in paperback on May 1.--David E
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