Jerez Diary: Andalucia from the Inside

Jerez Diary offers its readers a truly unique perspective on life in Andalucia; a perspective that eludes the average ex-pat author who rarely has insight into that most important of Iberian institutions: the Spanish family. Jerez Diary describes the sabbatical year the author spent with his Anglo-Hispanic family in his wife s home town of Jerez de la Frontera on the south western coast of Spain, la Costa de la Luz. It not only describes the ups and downs of a modern Spanish family - often funny, occasionally infuriating but never dull - but gets inside the life of one of Andalucia s most culturally-important cities. Not just the home of sherry, but one of the places to see the living legends of flamenco, experience the week-long party that is feria and to observe the fascinating phenomenon of Holy Week.