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I was going to say that you will need to suspend belief over whether or not an inexperienced couple would take over a restaurant and invest their life savings in it – but people do do things like that. I can't even say that the French wouldn't take the young couple to their hearts in quite this way, because it all rings very true. It's a delightful trip through French bureaucracy and human nature at its best and worst. The story takes place in the Pyrenees, where author Julia Stagg lives – and coincidentally runs a small Auberge. She knows exactly what she is talking about and it comes across in the story.
It's an alright holiday read which will put you in mind of [[:category:Peter Mayle|Peter Mayle]] but the story has more depth than [[A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle|A Year in Provence]] – and the people are less like caricatures. You'll laugh and you cry – and just occasionally you'll wonder if Paul and Lorna Webster wouldn't be better going home, but you'll still want to know how it all works out.
I'd like to thank the publishers of sending a copy to the Bookbag.
