{"product_id":"la-vie","title":"La Vie","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Peter Mayle, \u003cem\u003eLa Vie\u003c\/em\u003e by 'Britain's finest living nature writer' takes the plunge and buys an old farmhouse deep in the French countryside - a perfect slice of sunny escapist joy from the perennial \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Charente - roofs of red terracotta tiles, bleached-white walls, windows shuttered against the blaring sun. The baker does his rounds in his battered little white van with a hundred warm baguettes in the back, while a cat picks its way past a Romanesque church, the sound of bells skipping across miles of rolling, glorious countryside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor many years a farmer in England, John Lewis-Stempel yearned once again to live in a landscape where turtle doves purr and nightingales sing, as they did almost everywhere in his childhood. He wanted to be self-sufficient, to make his own wine and learn the secrets of truffle farming. And so, buying an old honey-coloured limestone house with bright blue shutters, the Lewis-Stempels began their new life as peasant farmers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver that first year, Lewis-Stempel fell in love with the French countryside, from the wild boar that trot past the kitchen window to the glow-worms and citronella candles that flicker in the evening garden. Although it began as a practical enterprise, it quickly became an affair of the heart - of learning to bite the end off the morning baguette; taking two hours for lunch; in short, living the good life - or as the French say, \u003cem\u003eLa Vie\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45693083353324,"sku":"9781804995815","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804995815.jpg?v=1725586529","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/la-vie","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}