Anna Bibby was 54, between relationships and bored of life in New Zealand when she bought an old stone house on a whim in France.
Within six months, she’d rented out her Auckland apartment and sold the art gallery she’d run for 20 years. Then she travelled to the picturesque medieval village of Martel, famous for its walnuts and truffles, to renovate the falling down home. There, she made friends with locals and started a whirlwind relationship with a handsome Portuguese stonemason. But