The Evening Gull (Minack Chronicles)

by Derek Tangye

Book Overview

Together with his wife, Derek Tangye created a refuge at Minack, a cottage surrounded by 20 ruggedly beautiful acres on a Cornish cliff. This is the 17th book in his series about their experiences. It... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747404992
• ISBN13: 9780747404996
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Brew a pot of your favorite tea and open this book ...

Reading this book reminded me of Emily Dickinson's poem, "There is no frigate like a book," because after the first few pages you realize you are on a journey bound for the rocky coast of Cornwall. Derek and Jean Tangye left the noise and stress of London to turn an abandoned farmhouse in Cornwall into a thriving flower farm (so that's where all those lovely flowers at the florist come from, right?). They also tried their hand at potato farming, which deserves a book in itself. This book is well-written, entertaining and a great de-stressifier. Who needs Valium to deal with life when 'A Gull on the Roof' will do the same thing for a fraction of the price? Their cat, Monty steals the show from the first (with Monty's Leap) to the last. I hope to read the rest of the Minack Chronicles.