The Ripening Sun: One Woman and the Creation of a VineyardPaperback, 1 March 2007

In 1990, Patricia Atkinson and her husband moved to the Dordogne, planning to earn their living as financial consultants, while an employee tended their small vineyard. Then disaster struck--the stock-market crashed and a debilitating illness sent her husband back to England--and Patricia was left to salvage their life savings from the vineyards. What follows is a remarkable tale of transformation and triumph.