The book I'm reading at the moment is "Best Food Forward" or "From La Rochelle to Lake Geneva - the Misadventures of an Englishwoman", written by Susie Kelly.
As I like the picture(1) in cover so much I couldn't resist to try to paint it.
This is the result.

I suppose the village is somewhere between La Rochelle and Geneva.
(1) The picture has been taken by Jean François Talivez