This is a double love story. It is a lyrical tale of the real-life romance between actress Carol Drinkwater and Michel, a television producer, and of an abandoned Provencal olive farm - Appassionata - which they fall in love with and buy.
The book is by turn the story of the farm, a romance, a recipe book, an exercise in anthropological and natural history, and an insider's look into the world of television. Rich and resonant, it effortlessly captures the joys of living in a warmer clime, of eating fresh Mediterranean food, swimming in one's own pool, and sharing all this with the love of one's life.
