Driving over lemons book read 756 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers no sooner had chris stewart set eyes on el valero than he hand. Driving over lemons is the contagiously entertaining account of one couples beginning a new life as they turn a rundown peasant farm in southern spain into a home when chris stewart first sees el valero hes willing to overlook its lack of electricity running water or access road assured that hes bought a paradise for pennies he phones his wife ana still in england whose enthusiasm is a little more tempered together they embark on an undertaking that includes rebuilding the . Chris eternal optimist and itinerant sheep shearer moves with his wife ana to a mountain farm in las alpujarras an oddball region in the south of spain misadventures gleefully unfold as chris discovers that the owner has no intention of leaving and meets their neighbours an engaging mix of peasant farmers and shepherds new age travellers and ex pats their daughter chloe is born linking them irrevocably to their new life the hero of the piece however is the farm itself a patch of . Driving over lemons an optimist in spain vintage departures kindle edition by chris stewart author visit amazons chris stewart page find all the books read about the author and more see search results for this author are you an author learn about author central chris . Driving over lemons is the contagiously entertaining account of one couples beginning a new life as they turn a rundown peasant farm in southern spain into a home when chris stewart first sees el valero hes willing to overlook its lack of electricity running water or access road assured that hes bought a paradise for pennies he phones his wife ana still in england whose enthusiasm is a little more tempered together they embark on an undertaking that includes rebuilding the