A warm, funny, engaging book.

Blown Out Of Proportion - Misadventures of a Glassblower in France is a 'chasing the dream saga', but with a difference.

Glassblower, Chris Thornton, falls in love with the summer dawn over southern France’s vineyards, while his long-suffering wife falls in love with a bush.

Moving a glassblowing studio and two small children to an impoverished area of France is just as daft an idea as it sounds.

Add to that: scorpion-filled hovels, kidnappers, evil landlords who aspire to be corrupt politicians and you have an unusual moving abroad story.

Rachel brings locations and characters to life. Her writing is honest, smooth, and humorous as she tells of their determination to succeed and their desire to help others.