Parrot in the Pepper Tree

✍ Scribed by Stewart, Chris

• Publisher: Sort Of Books
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 630 KB
• Series: An Optimist in Andalucía 2
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Chris Stewarts Driving Over Lemons  told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada. Funny, insightful and real, the book became an international bestseller.  A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, the sequel to Lemons, follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chlo¬ 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 . . and their shock at discovering that their beloved valley is once more under threat of a dam.A Parrot in the Pepper Tree also looks back on Chris Stewarts former life the hard times shearing in midwinter Sweden (and driving across the frozen sea to reach island farms); his first taste of Spain, learning 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 a circus.