Product Description

The Kerr family say goodbye to their orange farm in Mallorca, and put it up for sale after three years of hard work. The Mallorcan experience comes to an end with a farewell fiesta for neighbours and friends, full of comic shenanigans but tinged with sadness. But now begins the return-to-Scotland adventure, and what a cultural shock is in store. Welcomed back by family, the Kerrs make plans to start a deer farm on a remote hillside, the beginning of a period of challenges and change, of buying and restoring houses in the lovely Scottish countryside. Meanwhile, Peter explores Scotland with fresh eyes, visiting such places as the 'Biarritz of the North' where Robert Louis Stevenson used to holiday, and giving us an insider's view of the world-famous Edinburgh Military Tattoo. There's never a dull moment in the Kerr household.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173664 in Books
• Published on: 2006-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Review
"Peter Kerr writes with a combination of nice observation and gentle humour" The Sunday Times"

Telegraph Property
It's all light-hearted stuff, and Peter pokes gentle fun not only at the locals but also himself.

'The Scots Magazine' - December 2006
A brilliantly observed account of a family's transition from a Mallorcan
"finca" back to Scotland. I recommend it. Thoroughly.

Customer Reviews

Missing a little sunshine .................
I have read and enjoyed all Peter's previous books. This one does just lack the joie de vivre factor of the previous books based in Mallorca.
The title gives too much away, and I found myself reading the early chapters just wondering when they would move back home - this made the searches for a replacement farm on Majorca seem a bit pointless.
Also, you cannot help but miss the long-established characters that get left behind when they leave Majorca, and even his sons get less of a mention once back in Scotland.

I still enjoyed it. I'll still buy the next one, if there is another in this series.

I'll also be looking out for reviews on his new detective novel, it'll be interesting to see what folk think of that. Peter Mayle did something very similar after his Provence series .....

Alan
The title rather gives the game away even before you start as Peter and his family finally end their Mallorcan adventure. Having read the previous books covering the Kerr's life on the Balearics I found this latest edition rather disappointing and far less interesting. Past editions successfully evoked the feeling of the people and places that Peter experienced and I didn't feel that this was replicated with his descriptions of their return to Scotland. At times the writing appeared somewhat laboured with passages seemingly added to fill space.

As a frequent vistitor to Mallorca I felt a great afinity towards Peter's previous work and so in fairness that may have influenced my view on this latest chapter.

If, like me, you read his earlier work then you will probably want to read this latest offering to see how the transition works out but as for future books.....I'm not so sure.

PurpleTaylor
I can't believe the two reveiwers below weren't charmed by Peter Kerr's newest book! If you've read all his previous books about his life in Mallorca then you'll definately want to read this! it's a lovely book following the Kerr family back to their roots in Scotland and finding things very different from how they left it. Once again Kerr's humour and charm really bring out the best in the people and places he writes about.