Life in a Postcard: Escape to the French Pyrenees

Bailey, Rosemary

ISBN 10: 0553813412 / ISBN 13: 9780553813418

Published by Transworld Pub (edition ), 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life in a Postcard: Escape to the French Pyrenees
• Publisher: Transworld Pub (edition )
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0553813412
• ISBN 13: 9780553813418
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

In 1988, Rosemary Bailey and her husband were travelling in the French Pyrenees when they fell in love with and bought a ruined medieval monastery. For the next few years the couple visited Corbiac whenever they could, until 1997, they took the plunge and moved from central London to rural France with their six-year-old son. With vision and determination they have restored the monastery to its former glory, testing their relationship and resolve to the limit, and finding unexpected inspiration in the place.

From the Publisher

In 1988, journalist Rosemary Bailey and her husband were traveling in the French Pyrenees when they fell in love with, and subsequently bought, a ruined medieval monastery, surrounded by peach orchards and snow–capped peaks. Traces of the monks were everywhere—in the frescoed 13th–century chapel, the buried crypt, and the stone arches of the cloister—and gradually these fragments revealed the spirit of the place. For the next few years, the couple visited Corbiac whenever they could, until in 1997, the Baileys took the plunge and moved there with their young son. With vision and determination, they have restored the monastery to its former glory, testing their relationship and resolve to the limit, and finding inspiration in the small mountain community that welcomed them.