Having battled and succumbed to the mañana pace of rural Mallorca in his best-selling Snowball Oranges: A Winter's Tale on a Spanish Isle, spring sees Peter Kerr and family relaxing into a supposedly simpler way of life, growing oranges on their little valley farm, Ca's Mayoral.However, even after their tragicomic initiation, Spain has not yet finished with them. Embarrassing subtleties of the language, brushes with the local police, the unfortunate outcome of a drinking session . . . there are surprises aplenty to test the resolve, stamina, and, perhaps more importantly, the sense of humor of this venturesome (the author would say "foolhardy") émigré family.Their eccentric and colorful new friends are always on hand to help out-for better or worse-and add spice to this engaging account of tranquilo life. Here is the charm of Mallorca: where you seldom do today what can be put off 'til mañana.

在他的畅销书《雪球橙》中，他曾与马略卡岛农村的节奏作斗争并屈服于此。春天，彼得-科尔和他的家人放松了所谓的简单生活方式，在他们的小山谷农场（Ca's Mayoral）种植橙子。语言上令人尴尬的微妙之处、与当地警察的交锋、一次饮酒的不幸结果......有很多惊喜来考验这个冒险的（作者会说是 "愚蠢的"）移民家庭的决心和耐力，也许更重要的是，他们的幽默感。他们古怪而多彩的新朋友总是在一旁帮忙，无论好坏，为这个宁静的生活的叙述增添色彩。这就是马略卡岛的魅力所在：在这里你很少做今天可以推迟到明天的事情。