My review.
The Crinkle Crankle Wall by Sabina Ostrowska.
New Life in Andalusia Book 1.
Sabina and Robert decide to travel from Abu Dhabi to Spain in search of their dream home.
Quite quickly, however, they find themselves battling cowboy builders, no electricity, a dry well, torrential rain storms, and freezing cold winters. Through all these adventures, they develop relations with their neighbours who have lived in the valley for many generations.
I did enjoy this book. Loved Sabina and Robert. I also felt for them and what they went through. A fascinating read. 5*.
Blurb.
After years of dreaming of living close to nature, free from a daily commute and noisy neighbours, Sabina and Robert decide to travel from Abu Dhabi to Spain in search of their dream home. As soon as they drive across Andalusia, they fall in love with its rugged beauty, whitewashed villages, red geraniums, giant aloes, and endless olive trees. Enchanted with the place, they buy a little stone cottage in a mountain valley in the middle of nowhere and decide to reform it into a guest house. With little foresight or planning, they exchange cushy expat lives for a life in the sun.
Quite quickly, however, they find themselves battling cowboy builders, no electricity, a dry well, torrential rain storms, and freezing cold winters. Through all these adventures, they develop relations with their neighbours who have lived in the valley for many generations. As they begin to settle in, financial problems confront our somewhat naïve couple, and their idea of the good life starts to fall apart. Written with a wry sense of honest humour, this story is filled with twists and turns that take the reader on a journey from a life where every day was monotonously repetitive to a place where every day presents a new challenge.
Format – Kindle
Publisher – www.textworkshop.org
Publication Date – 31 Dec. 2020
Genre –Travel & Tourism
Author – Sabina Ostrowska.
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