Marilyn reviews TOUJOURS PROVENCE, by Peter Mayle, Random House, 1991, 241 pages.
The French word “toujours” means always. Peter Mayle’s book, Toujours Provence, is a collection of his adventures with his wife in the countryside of Provence, France. He invites you into his home in Provence, where people take time at a table to make friends. Life is full of activity – a concert with Pavarotti, discovering the local Provencal dialect, truffle hunting, visiting the Menerbes Dog Show, and more. Readers enjoy a lesson in drinking pastis, meeting Peter’s dog, Boy, and hearing about fire season in Provence. Full of the interesting and delightful residents of Provence, Mayle’s collection will have readers chuckling at his stories of life in Southern France.