Fountain in France

More than a decade ago Marita van der Vyver emigrated to France

where she married a Frenchman and settled in the scenic countryside

of Provence. Having become famous for a novel built on fairy tales,

her life resembles that of a princess meeting her Prince Charming.

Several bestsellers, much living and loving, and years later, they

move to another French village called Place of Frogs.

A Fountain in France is a book of stories about moving the way the

French do it. It is also about place, what binds the heart to a home

and its people, about breaking ties to grow new ones and about what

we take with us when we move on. For Marita, life is an effervescent

fountain, always bubbling up new surprises.

This book will be enjoyed by anyone who has lived or travelled in a

foreign country, or wished they had. It touches on universal

experiences shared by expatriates all over the world. Whether you

are based in Provence or Perth, Bath or Beijing, you quickly learn that

a good sense of humour might be the most important qualification if

you want to survive being the eternal outsider.