Chris Stewart's Driving Over Lemons" (9780956003805) told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras
- an oddball region of Spain south of Granada. Funny insightful & real the book became an international bestseller. "A Parrot in the Pepper Tree" the sequel to " Lemons" follows the lives of Chris Ana & their daughter Chloe 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 & 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 Stewart's 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; & his illustrious music career drumming for his school band Genesis (sacked at 17 he never quite became Phil Collins) & then for a circus."