Searching for Peter Mayle’s Provence (English Edition)

Peter Mayle and other travel authors sell us on the idea that a place like Provence is filled with golden light and lavender, every moment more perfect than the last.

But what happens when reality is less enchanting than that?

This collection of stories shares the real Provence, which included for the author a stereotypically stinky French woman, missed trains, and language foibles. Join her as she rectifies her expectations of Provence with what Mayle's books set her up to anticipate.