The house in France : a memoir

by Wells, Gully.

August 27, 2012

Call Number: 071.092 W453We

In this sparkling, joyful family memoir, Gully Wells has created an homage to her mother, the irrepressible Dee Wells, not exactly a rock of stability, but who did create a vacation house that would become a solid lodestone in the lives of her children, grandchildren, husband, lovers, and friends. She bought a ramshackle farmhouse that was clinging to a hillside in southern France and made it into a vacation home that became a summer retreat, and respite for some, from a busy life in England.

Dee Wells was a femme fatale who at times unwittingly attracted men wherever she went.... Read Full Review