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Taverna by the Sea: One Greek Island Summer

English

By (author): Jennifer Barclay

The Taverna by the Sea is an enchanting, funny, poignant travel memoir about answering the call of adventure by taking on the challenge of running a Greek beach taverna. During a walking holiday on the island of Karpathos, a chance encounter with a Greek-American hotel owner results in a once-in-a-lifetime experience for Jennifer Barclay. The best-selling travel writer and long-term resident of Greece drops everything, returning with dog and tent to the remote bay that will form her home for one hectic, event-filled summer. This book offers a rare account of life in north Karpathos in the South Aegean, famous for its traditional community and dramatic, rugged landscape. While primarily a light, engaging, amusing read full of anecdotes, one-liners, twists and turns - perfect for summer - Barclay's fourth book about life in Greece also conveys the life-affirming importance of trusting one's instincts, taking risks and grasping opportunities. Wake with Jennifer to experience a summer of pink dawns over the olive grove and an empty bay, and swim with her in moonlight, hearing only the waves. Or help yourself to local cuisine - creamy yoghurt and local honey and warm figs, olive oil and rosemary, freshly baked bread, and wine on tap. Alongside a cast of characters from farmers to fishermen, mad guests and a wicked witch, meet Minas the hotel owner, a creative, unconventional Greek-American with the ability to fix anything mechanical and create money out of thin air with food, plus a penchant for drinking, singing and falling asleep. Experience days full of music, days of no running water, and days with a goat tied to a tree - but also nights when the overworked taverna manager awoke convinced there was a large fish in the tent, and customers outside waiting to be served. In The Taverna by the Sea, Barclay reveals what happens behind the scenes of an apparently blissful, peaceful paradise, capturing both the magic and the difficulties of island life. Underpinning an entertaining read for lovers of Greece and its cuisine is an inspiring call to live life to the full - and even escape the rat race. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 280g
  • Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 02 Sep 2022
  • Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781784779481

About Jennifer Barclay

When Jennifer Barclay was a baby her mum left her in the pram with the shopping and returned to find her eating a raw potato which probably says a lot about her: impatient impulsive hungry. After graduating from Oxford Jennifer moved to Greece in 1992 cleaning hotel rooms in Santorini while wearing a swimsuit. She then worked in Canada and France and back in the UK before returning to live in Greece in 2011 where she helped in a beach cantina run by her fisherman-boyfriend before spending an intoxicating summer at the taverna by the sea. The British travel writer has written about food and travel in her books (Meeting Mr Kim Falling in Honey An Octopus in my Ouzo Wild Abandon and A Literary Feast) plus many major newspapers and in-flight magazines has eaten noodles on Korean television and discussed kimchi with comedian Sandi Toksvig on BBC Radio 4.

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