A Parrot in the Pepper Tree - Chris Stewart

Chris Stewart’s Driving Over Lemons told the story of his move to Las Alpujarras, an oddball region of Spain, south of Granada. Funny, insighttol and real, the book became an international bestseller.

A Parrol in the Pepper Tree follows the lives of Chris. And and their daughter Chloe on their peasant farm, El Valero, as they get to grips with Spanish school life, neighbours in love, and a misanthropic par-rot. Not to mention the shock of discovering that their valley is about to be dammed and their farm due to disappear beneath the lake…

The book also casts an eye back on Chris Stewart’s former life – the hard times shearing sheep in midwinter Sweden, his first taste of Spain learning flamenco, and his illustrious music career, drumming first for his school band, Genesis, and then in a circus.