Life In A Postcard

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In 1988 Rosemary Bailey & her husband were travelling in the French Pyrenees when they fell in love with & subsequently bought a ruined medieval monastery surrounded by peach orchards & snow-capped peaks. Traces of the monks were everywhere in the frescoed 13th century chapel the buried crypt & the stone arches of the cloister. For the next few years the couple visited Corbiac whenever they could until 1997 they took the plunge & moved from central London to rural France with their six-year-old son. Entirely reliant on their earnings as freelance writers they put their Apple Macs in the room with the fewest leaks & sent Theo to the village school. With vision & determination they have restored the monastery to its former glory testing their relationship & resolve to the limit & finding unexpected inspiration in the place. This book is not just Rosemary Baileys account of the challenges of life in a small mountain community but also a celebration of the rugged beauty of French Catalonia the pleasures of Catalan cooking & an exploration of an alternative often magical world.