Carol Drinkwater writes memoir, travel writing and fiction shaped by Provence, Mediterranean landscapes and women rebuilding their lives after disruption. The Olive Farm begins her autobiographical Olive Series, following the purchase of a neglected farm in southern France and the practical work of restoring its house, land and olive groves. Later books, including The Olive Season, The Olive Harvest and Return to the Olive Farm, continue through farming, marriage and life between Britain and France, while The Olive Route expands into travel around the Mediterranean history of olive cultivation. Drinkwater also writes historical and contemporary novels such as The Lost Girl and The Forgotten Summer. Her work suits readers of rural memoir, Provence writing, Mediterranean travel and family-centred historical fiction. Read more Less