{"product_id":"9781399985277-dreaming-in-provence","title":"Dreaming in Provence","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBiography on moving to Provence, with a thread of religion throughot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dream of buying a French property takes us on a lighthearted rollercoaster ride of neighbour conflict, dentist visits, deportation by border police, wine harvests, tennis exploits, a Renoir-style wedding, colliding particles, and Kafka-esque visa controls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a deeper level, each escapade provides clues to another ‘foreign land’, what Jesus refers to as the kingdom. Not so much a place as a different way of living. Little by little, I find myself dreaming about heaven on earth:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• talking less, listening, and loitering more\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• appreciating ‘foreign’ etiquette\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• rolling with the rhythms of rural life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• dealing with ‘false friends’ and enjoying new ones\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• seeing the virtue of not always winning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e• discovering what really matters, and what really doesn’t…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e…. I might have learned these lessons anywhere. It could have been in Finchley or Philadelphia, but it turned out to be in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe story is engaging and filled with word pictures, but it is much more than a simple narrative. Chris manages to wind an authentic silver thread around life, faith, and truth, thereby offering a unique model of spiritual spring-cleaning.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdrian Plass, author of Still Crazy and The Shadow Doctor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53559801577846,"sku":"9781399985277","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31059475.jpg?v=1730393989","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399985277-dreaming-in-provence","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}