When God Was Out to Lunch

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How were they to know when they bought the little ruin in deepest France with the sweet name “Valentin” painted across its crumbling façade, that this purchase would be their salvation? She was a well-known actress, he a respected television and theatre director, both leaving behind all that they knew to begin a great, unscripted adventure together in a new country. Immigrating to rural France, they opened a very theatrical, British guest house, where all human life was welcomed. With a colourful cast of characters, the story of their life in France is in part bizarre, hilarious, shocking and sometimes tragic, but always fascinating.