description Toujours Provence Overview
Toujours Provence is a 1991 memoir and travel book by British author Peter Mayle, following A Year in Provence. It returns to his life as an expatriate in southern France and presents episodes involving local food, seasonal customs, neighbors, markets, travel, and the practical complications of rural living. The book is structured as a series of observations and anecdotes rather than as a continuous journey.
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Is Toujours Provence a sequel to A Year in Provence?
Yes. Peter Mayle's Toujours Provence continues the expatriate life introduced in A Year in Provence and was published in 1991. [Penguin Random House](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/109822/toujours-provence-by-peter-mayle/)
Is Toujours Provence a practical travel guide to southern France?
No. It is a humorous memoir about life in Provence, built from episodes involving food, neighbors, markets, seasonal customs, and everyday frustrations. The setting is the French Midi rather than a step by step tourist itinerary. [Publishers Weekly](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780679402534)
Should I read A Year in Provence before Toujours Provence?
That is the natural reading order because A Year in Provence came first in 1989 and describes the family's first year in the region. Toujours Provence followed in 1991 and assumes familiarity with Mayle's life there. [Penguin Random House](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/109822/toujours-provence-by-peter-mayle/)
What sort of stories does Peter Mayle tell in Toujours Provence?
The book uses comic incidents about village life, fresh food, local characters, and the practical problems of living in Provence. It is more episodic memoir than plot driven novel, with the tone established by Mayle's 1991 continuation of A Year in Provence. [Publishers Weekly](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780679402534)
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