Bradt Travel Literature #: Taverna by the Sea

One Greek Island Summer

Bradt Travel Literature #: Taverna by the Sea
Jennifer Barclay
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NZ$ 32.99
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NZ$ 28.04
Paperback
h198 x 130mm - 224pg
2 Sep 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781784779481
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Taverna by the Sea is an enchanting, funny, poignant travel memoir about answering the call of adventure by taking on the challenge of running a Greek beach taverna. During a walking holiday on the island of Karpathos, a chance encounter with a Greek American hotel owner results in a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Jennifer Barclay. The best-selling travel writer and long-term resident of Greece drops everything, returning with dog and tent to the remote bay that will form her home for one hectic, event-filled summer. This book offers a rare account of life in north Karpathos in the South Aegean, famous for its traditional community and dramatic, rugged landscape. While primarily a light, engaging, amusing read full of anecdotes, one-liners, twists and turns perfect for summer Barclay' s fourth book about life in Greece also conveys the life-affirming importance of trusting one' s instincts, taking risks and grasping opportunities. Wake with Jennifer to experience a summer of pink dawns over the olive grove and an empty bay, and swim with her in moonlight, hearing only the waves. Or help yourself to local cuisine creamy yoghurt and local honey and warm figs, olive oil and rosemary, freshly baked bread, and wine on tap. AUTHOR: When Jennifer Barclay was a baby, her mum left her in the pram with the shopping and returned to find her eating a raw potato, which probably says a lot about her: impatient, impulsive, hungry. After graduating from Oxford, Jennifer moved to Greece in 1992, cleaning hotel rooms in Santorini while wearing a swimsuit. She then worked in Canada and France, and back in the UK, before returning to live in Greece in 2011, where she helped in a beach cantina run by her fisherman-boyfriend before spending an intoxicating summer at the taverna by the sea. The British travel writer has written about food and travel in her books (Meeting Mr Kim, Falling in Honey, An Octopus in my Ouzo, Wild Abandon and A Literary Feast) plus many major newspapers and in-flight magazines, has eaten noodles on Korean television and discussed kimchi with comedian Sandi Toksvig on BBC Radio 4. SELLING POINTS: . The fourth travel memoir from an experienced travel writer, best-selling author and Greek resident . An authentic, adventurous version of romantic Greek island tales . Will appeal to lovers of Greece and its cuisine, adventure-lovers and those yearning to escape the rat race . A timeless story with perennial appeal
"A feel-good book to put you instantly in the holiday mood" -Irini Tzortzoglou, MasterChef champion 2019 and author of Under the Olive Tree
When Jennifer Barclay was a baby, her mum left her in the pram with the shopping and returned to find her eating a raw potato, which probably says a lot about her: impatient, impulsive, hungry. After graduating from Oxford, Jennifer moved to Greece in 1992, cleaning hotel rooms in Santorini while wearing a swimsuit. She then worked in Canada and France, and back in the UK, before returning to live in Greece in 2011, where she helped in a beach cantina run by her fisherman-boyfriend before spending an intoxicating summer at the taverna by the sea. The British travel writer has written about food and travel in her books (Meeting Mr Kim, Falling in Honey, An Octopus in my Ouzo, Wild Abandon and A Literary Feast) plus many major newspapers and in-flight magazines, has eaten noodles on Korean television and discussed kimchi with comedian Sandi Toksvig on BBC Radio 4.

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