A Fine Romance (Hardcover)

A Fine Romance, Falling in Love with the English Countryside is travel writing at its best by Susan Branch, New York Times best selling author. This charming book is part love story, part travel guide ~ a hand-written and watercolored diary/journal of Branch's six-day transatlantic crossing on board the Queen Mary 2 and a two-month ramble through the backroads of rural England.     There are over three hundred photos, countless watercolor illustrations, wonderful quotes, recipes, a book list, a movie list, hand-drawn maps and so much more.  Travel with Susan as she makes her way through wildflower hedgerows to visit the homes and gardens of her literary and artistic heroes including Beatrix Potter and Jane Austen. It's a travel guide that will help you plan a trip of your own, lovely for the armchair traveler because Susan really does take you there, and perfect for all Downton Abbey anglophiles.  When you are finished, go to Susan's website where there is an interactive Appendix to the book .... you can experience driving across the Dales with Susan's own videos and find links to everything she writes about, the cottages and gardens you will want to see yourself. A Fine Romance is book three of a Susan Branch trilogy. Book One is The Fairy Tale Girl, followed by Martha's Vineyard, Isle of Dreams, and then A Fine Romance, Falling in Love with the English Countryside. All three are hand-lettered, watercolored, filled with photos, recipes and quotes and, as Susan says, as much magic as she could possibly stuff between two covers. Bon Voyage!

Susan Branch is the New York Times Best Selling author of 13 HEART OF THE HOME lifestyle books and calendars, with over four million sold, all of them homemade, hand-written, and watercolored ~ books about the home arts of cooking, gardening, homemaking, family, best friends, entertaining and the little things that make life sweet. Susan has now added a three-part series to her list, all of them illustrated memoirs filled with personal photographs, watercolors, quotes and recipes.  The last in the series came first (in 2013): A FINE ROMANCE, Falling in Love with the English Countryside. The two prequels are, first: THE FAIRY TALE GIRL (pub date Oct. 2015, and then: MARTHA'S VINEYARD, ISLE of DREAMS (pub date Mother's Day, May 2016);    Born and raised in Southern California,  Susan followed her heart to the island of Martha's Vineyard in her 30s, unable to live any longer without four seasons and picket fences as everyday architecture. She shares her 1849 home with her two kitties, Jack and Girl Kitty, and Joe Hall, who Susan calls… the man of her dreams. She writes a newsletter called WILLARD, named for her grandfather, and all about the little things that make life sweet.   To receive her free newsletter, visit her popular website and blog at susanbranch.com.