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'beautifully written and highly entertaining' --The Daily Mirror
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The dream is near completion. Anna is loosening the reins on her London PR company to spend more time in Mallorca with her family, cattery, chickens and goats, and insists their menagerie will only be complete with not one donkey, but two. She attempts almond harvesting in the countryside amid summertime ant and wasp infestations in the finca, and attends a traditional wedding and the spectacular Sant Juan horse festival in Menorca. Meanwhile, she befriends an elderly poet whose love letters to his fiancé during the Spanish Civil War waft into her field, unveiling a poignant story of bravery and sacrifice. Brimming with humorous and loveable characters, Donkeys on my Doorstep is a charming take on the simple and rewarding life of rural Mallorca.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
After reading -and enjoying- two of Anna's previous books I happened to meet her in Soller, rather by chance. Well, it is not strange that she writes so brilliant books because she is brilliant. It is strange when you meet someone you know so many things about but I can say she is up to her books. The only surprise is that Alan, the Scotsman, her husband, is not a kind of Tintin's Captain Haddock but rather a Scottish gentleman who has to stand being mocked about getting asleep in the garden at 2 in the morning while listening to the nightingales, rossignols in Catalan. "What Rossignols, Alan, thinking about skiing?
This latest book is as fresh as the others, it makes you laugh -mostly thanks to Anna's PR business crazy clients-, it makes you think -by way of intertwinning the Spanish war memories of an old man, a poet-, and it makes you learn things about Soller and its way of life. And I'm a local! Also Ollie's (Anna's son) opinions give a touch of utter reality to some of Anna's grandiose thinking: "Mother, these people is queuing for the new Art Museum because the entrance is free just for the first three days, not because they love art." Totally true. A fully enjoyable book.
This latest book is as fresh as the others, it makes you laugh -mostly thanks to Anna's PR business crazy clients-, it makes you think -by way of intertwinning the Spanish war memories of an old man, a poet-, and it makes you learn things about Soller and its way of life. And I'm a local! Also Ollie's (Anna's son) opinions give a touch of utter reality to some of Anna's grandiose thinking: "Mother, these people is queuing for the new Art Museum because the entrance is free just for the first three days, not because they love art." Totally true. A fully enjoyable book.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has really seemed a long time coming. The problem of course is that I read faster than Anna writes! It appeared on my doorstep (minus donkeys) just at a time when some really urgent chores were getting way past their sell by dates!
After a long weekend I finally started devouring the book at speed, burning the midnight oil, and realised that Anna's scribblings about their delightful existence provides me with three services. Pure entertainment, a guide book, and a daily diary about their lovely life together. With our many trips to Soller each year I know of many of the local characters and I love to hear about their funny little ways, but I need to meet George and the other quirky clients in order to complete the picture. Anna - you need a road show!
So what now? Our next trip is just six weeks away and we must visit the new Museum in Soller and the house of Robert Graves. We have already poked our noses in to both but this time we will venture past the front door. And I will take this book with me so that I can read it more slowly and completely absorb the story and the information whilst enjoying a refreshing drink at Café Paris. Would I love donkeys on my doorstep? Most certainly! And cats, and frogs, and Johnny the toad, and lemons..................
After a long weekend I finally started devouring the book at speed, burning the midnight oil, and realised that Anna's scribblings about their delightful existence provides me with three services. Pure entertainment, a guide book, and a daily diary about their lovely life together. With our many trips to Soller each year I know of many of the local characters and I love to hear about their funny little ways, but I need to meet George and the other quirky clients in order to complete the picture. Anna - you need a road show!
So what now? Our next trip is just six weeks away and we must visit the new Museum in Soller and the house of Robert Graves. We have already poked our noses in to both but this time we will venture past the front door. And I will take this book with me so that I can read it more slowly and completely absorb the story and the information whilst enjoying a refreshing drink at Café Paris. Would I love donkeys on my doorstep? Most certainly! And cats, and frogs, and Johnny the toad, and lemons..................
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I began reading "Donkeys on my Doorstep" with a sense of great expectation, coupled with some regret, for I knew this book would be the final chapter of the hugely entertaining story describing her family's move from London to Majorca which Anna Nicholas had laid bare so hilariously in her previous three books.
Nevertheless, I was not to be disappointed. Anna has provided another outstanding example of deliciously warm and humourous writing, describing a fresh series of enchanting encounters in London and the Soller valley with immense style and finely tuned comedy.
Once again, we meet Anna's remarkably calm and unruffled husband Alan, their happy-go-lucky young son Ollie and many of the quirky Majorcan locals we have come to love and respect for their honest simplicity, fulsome sense of humour and sheer enjoyment of life in their gorgeous rural setting.
Faithful friends Pep and Juana feature once again, along with the ever present and effervescent Catalina and mad new acquaintances such as Jacinto the "donkey whisperer". We are also given a moving insight into an island life divided by bitter loyalties during the Spanish Civil War as Michel, an elderly poet, remembers a time of suffering, sadness and lost love.
Back in London, Greedy George is up to his scheming ways, and the ever so slightly eccentric Ed finds himself tormented by various awkward situations. We are introduced to monstrous new characters such as "mad hatters" Marcus and Pippa Darley, their drag queen assistant Bruno and the oddities of yet more of Anna's clients, the Claverton-Michaels, while tireless PR assistants Rachel and Sarah try to keep Anna on the straight and narrow.
Although sorry to turn the final page, I had enjoyed reading this terrific paperback enormously as I lounged in the sun during an early May Mediterranean holiday.
Nevertheless, I was not to be disappointed. Anna has provided another outstanding example of deliciously warm and humourous writing, describing a fresh series of enchanting encounters in London and the Soller valley with immense style and finely tuned comedy.
Once again, we meet Anna's remarkably calm and unruffled husband Alan, their happy-go-lucky young son Ollie and many of the quirky Majorcan locals we have come to love and respect for their honest simplicity, fulsome sense of humour and sheer enjoyment of life in their gorgeous rural setting.
Faithful friends Pep and Juana feature once again, along with the ever present and effervescent Catalina and mad new acquaintances such as Jacinto the "donkey whisperer". We are also given a moving insight into an island life divided by bitter loyalties during the Spanish Civil War as Michel, an elderly poet, remembers a time of suffering, sadness and lost love.
Back in London, Greedy George is up to his scheming ways, and the ever so slightly eccentric Ed finds himself tormented by various awkward situations. We are introduced to monstrous new characters such as "mad hatters" Marcus and Pippa Darley, their drag queen assistant Bruno and the oddities of yet more of Anna's clients, the Claverton-Michaels, while tireless PR assistants Rachel and Sarah try to keep Anna on the straight and narrow.
Although sorry to turn the final page, I had enjoyed reading this terrific paperback enormously as I lounged in the sun during an early May Mediterranean holiday.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Not such a jokey title
This does not have quite such a jokey title as some of the other books in the series.
It is more interesting in that it doesn't merely rely on barking mad clients and comic... Read more
It is more interesting in that it doesn't merely rely on barking mad clients and comic... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Woodland Worker
Where are the donkeys?
The title for this book is misleading - there are no donkeys in it until right at the end, so if you want to read about keeping donkeys don't bother with this book. Read more
Published 13 months ago by kw
Wish We We There!
Anna Nicholas writes about her life in Mallorca with such warmth and humour that every page makes you want to book a flight immediately. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Carol Lambert
A Fantastic Read As Ever!
A great end to the Mallorcan quartet by Anna Nicholas. I have read them all and perhaps like this one most of all-that's probably because I have got to know all the characters... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Alasdair Travis
Spinning a short story into a very long one.
Spinning a short story into a very long one.
When I come across a new author I always want to like them as it will open up a whole new experience. Read more
When I come across a new author I always want to like them as it will open up a whole new experience. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Peter Wade
ideal gift
I always struggle to find the ideal gift for my step father - then I saw this book. He is over the moon with it - he and my mother have moved to Spain - and are living a similar... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Lou-la-belle
Donkeys on my doorstep
Just love this latest book by Anna Nickolas. I have read all four & they get better each time. Cant wait for the next instalment.
Published 22 months ago by L. S. Glaze
Donkeys delivers!!!
After having read the other three titles in the series several times ,I have to admit I was thrilled to discover this latest treasure. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Michelle Davis
Another Review
I first heard of this latest in the Mayfair to Mallorca saga via this Amazon website, but being on the island and due in Soller the following morning thought I'd buy it there, but... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Leonard Pearcey
Mayfair's Loss Is Mallorca's Gain
It would be hard to find any expat keener to become a fully-adopted 'mallorquina' than Anna Nicholas. Read more
Published 24 months ago by P. Kerr
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