provence (france)

Rescuing a mystic healer who is being violently pursued by a rogue monk in thirteenth-century Provensa, scrappy matchmaker Botille is challenged to protect the entire village against the monks' crusade to burn heretics.

Two possible futures face Summer: either she will spend the summer in Provence with her father, uncovering family secrets, and exploring the old world, or she will stay in upstate New York, coping with her mother, and dreaming of her long time crush--and which future unfolds will depend on whether or not she answers a phone call.

In mid-thirteenth century Provence, Dolssa de Stigata is a fervently religious girl who feels the call to preach, condemned by the Inquisition as an "unnatural woman," and hunted by the Dominican Friar Lucien who fears a resurgence of the Albigensian heresy; Botille is a matchmaker trying to protect her sisters from being branded as gypsies or witches--but when she finds the hunted Dolssa dying on a hillside, she feels compelled to protect her, a decision that may cost her everything.

Two possible futures face Summer: either she will spend the summer in Provence with her father, uncovering family secrets, and exploring the old world, or she will stay in upstate New York, coping with her mother, and dreaming of her long time crush--and which future unfolds will depend on whether or not she answers a phone call.

In 1937 France, Lisette Roux and her husband Andre move from Paris to a small village to care for Andre's grandfather, Pascal. Pascal, who owns important paintings from the masters, tutors Lisette in art and life before he dies. Taking his advice, Lisette makes a list of important things to do in life. Then WWII breaks out and Andre hides Pascal's paintings before going to war where he is killed. Lisette sets out to find the paintings, and along the way learns to forgive the past and live--and love--again.

An autobiographical portrait of the author's childhood growing up in Marseilles, France, at the turn of the century. Recounts his trips to the family vacation home in Provence, the times he spent exploring the countryside, and his reminiscences of his boisterous brother.

The author describes how she and her husband moved from cosmopolitan Paris to rural Provence after their son was born, the beginning of their adventures as culinary entrepreneurs, and their initiation into classic Proven??al cuisine.

Kirk Keswick has lead a perfectly happy life working for London's Ballantine & Company Auctioneer, with no thoughts of love on her mind, but her world is turned upside down when an American scoundrel and womanizer sweeps her off her feet.

Brings the countryside and folklore of southern France bursting to life.