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Everything! It started in 1972 with a visit to Paris. As soon as we arrived, I felt like I had always lived there. Glorious as it was, I fell in love with Chantilly, then the Loire Valley, the Cote, any small village or hamlet, and all things "castle" - ultimately one of my favorites is the Dordogne where I set my book, The Dordogne Deception because we had rented a castle there (picture 30,000 sq.ft. for our friends and family while the owner took off to visit her family in Barcelona. Tower where I was writing post cards got hit by lightning, and then a major Dordogne storm that night kept me up until I felt compelled to write a murder mystery. After that trip, I looked at properties there for 6 months - determined to buy a castle-like structure and live there! You are living my dream. The food is out of this world, the culture, and pace, and the architecture of all of it grabs my soul.
Wow I can just picture you in that castle thunderstorm, Sherry! What a fab place to set a novel. Am going to check out your book. I do like living here, but I really miss the Australian homelife and beaches!
I live in LYON, France but I read non-fictional books deals with learning, the quality of education, the strategies of learning for kids/ students even adults (cognitive science). C'est impressionnant de voir le hasard, j'adorerai enseigner, transmettre donc j'écris pour transmettre pour le moment.. Thanks for sharing this review!
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Oct 27, 2015 09:14AM
Everything! It started in 1972 with a visit to Paris. As soon as we arrived, I felt like I had always lived there. Glorious as it was, I fell in love with Chantilly, then the Loire Valley, the Cote, any small village or hamlet, and all things "castle" - ultimately one of my favorites is the Dordogne where I set my book, The Dordogne Deception because we had rented a castle there (picture 30,000 sq.ft. for our friends and family while the owner took off to visit her family in Barcelona. Tower where I was writing post cards got hit by lightning, and then a major Dordogne storm that night kept me up until I felt compelled to write a murder mystery. After that trip, I looked at properties there for 6 months - determined to buy a castle-like structure and live there! You are living my dream. The food is out of this world, the culture, and pace, and the architecture of all of it grabs my soul.
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Wow I can just picture you in that castle thunderstorm, Sherry! What a fab place to set a novel. Am going to check out your book. I do like living here, but I really miss the Australian homelife and beaches!
I live in LYON, France but I read non-fictional books deals with learning, the quality of education, the strategies of learning for kids/ students even adults (cognitive science). C'est impressionnant de voir le hasard, j'adorerai enseigner, transmettre donc j'écris pour transmettre pour le moment.. Thanks for sharing this review!
