The Connexion s December book reviews featuring books with links to France
13 December 2020
A Butterfly on my Wine Glass - Annie Jefferies
YouCaxton Publications, €10 ISBN: 9781913425340
A Butterfly on my Wine Glass is a travel guide to the Nouvelle- Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Its author begins the guide with an introduction into why this part of the country is so close to her heart.
It is a sweet story, and as innocent as the book’s title.
The history of her love affair with SW France spans decades and starts with a blossoming friendship between Annie and her Lyonnaise pen pal, whose family invited her to the French Alps for Christmas. This, Jefferies reveals, is where it all began. It then grew with trips to Geneva, and to many other places across France, though this region has certainly captured her heart, which is why she took to writing this, her self-proclaimed “summer project”.