Lavender & Linen
By (Author) Henrietta Taylor
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Fourth Estate
1st September 2008
Australia
General
Non Fiction
338.76092
Paperback
334
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 20mm
377g
In her first book, Escaping, Australian-born Henrietta Taylor's fairy-tale existence - a happy marriage, children and a house with a white picket fence - fell apart when her husband, Norman, died of cancer. To escape her grief, Henrietta packed her bags, and, dragging her reluctant children behind her, went back to Europe where she had been happy as a penniless student many years before. In a small village in France, her luck began to change. Lavender and Linen finds Henrietta older and a little wiser, but still struggling to make sense of her unorthodox life. Should she stay in France, where the locals are odd, business is erratic, but the scenery is stunning Will she ever resolve her relationship with Latin Ray - especially with the appearance of a dashing and attentive new neighbour Humorous and clear-eyed, Lavender and Linen is an irresistible story of a life gone almost right.
Henrietta Taylor was born and raised in Sydney. When she was widowed at the age of 37, she travelled to the south of France with her children, Mimi and Harry . She now runs three bed-and-breakfasts in Provence. Her spare time is spent failing miserably to train two black cats and two bilingual dogs.