The New Parisienne, Women and Ideas that are Shaping Paris!
I am so glad that someone has written this book! Paris-based Lindsey Tramuta from Philadelphia takes on and deconstructs the deeply engrained and one-dimensional image of the Parisienne woman, as slender, white, chic, and stylish for a much more realistic, expanded, and current view of today’s real Parisienne. You will meet the women that Lindsey…
Read MorePassion For Provence by Gayle Smith Padgett
While reading this memoir, I felt like Gayle and her husband Ralph had become my new friends. Rather like I did when I read Peter Mayle’s books about living in Provence. This American couple are just so real and down to earth, and we can certainly relate when they fall hard for France, bit by…
Read MoreMy Good Life In France by Janine Marsh
Janine’s journey begins with a trip across the English channel to pick up some cheap (but very good I am sure) French wine. It is on that trip where Janine finds herself putting in an offer on a rundown old barn in the area of Pas de Calais. And voila, she begins her new adventure…
Read MoreMy Four Seasons In France by Janine Marsh
This is part two of Janine’s story (author of My Good Life In France) where she illustrates how each season brings new challenges, as well as, new delights. Freezing weather in February threatens the lives of some of the four-legged locals; snow in March results in a broken arm, which in turn leads to an…
Read MoreMy French Platter, A Journey to A Dream Life In France!
Exploring and living in another country can be done in all sorts of ways but New Zealanders Annemarie Rawson and her husband Steve decided to experience the south of France by becoming caretakers. They started a concierge business where they housesat, maintained and even hosted visitors and guests to some of France’s most gorgeous properties. …
Read MoreDo Not Go Gentle, Go To Paris by Gail Thorell Schilling
The perfect memoir for women of a certain age. Rattled by fears that she is losing her keys, her looks, her job, and her sweetheart, Gail, 62, rashly announces that she will go to Paris, a dream postponed for 40 years. So begins her solo journey through France, living like a student as her budget…
Read MoreWaking Up In Paris by Sonia Choquette
If you are going to start over somewhere new…why not do it in Paris? You may know Sonia as a spiritual teacher and intuitive guide. She begins her memoir devastated by the unexpected end of her decades-long marriage and decides to relocate to Paris, the scene of many happy memories from her life as a…
Read MoreSeven Letters from Paris by Samantha Vérant
This is one of those stories that if it happened to you, you would definitely have to write a book! At age 40, Samantha Vérant life was falling apart. She was jobless, in debt, and feeling stuck until she stumbled upon seven old love letters from Jean-Luc, the sexy Frenchman she’d met in Paris when…
Read MoreHow To Make a French Family by Samantha Vérant
This is Samantha’s follow-up to Seven Letters from Paris. Samantha moves to France to begin her life with her new husband, Jean-Luc, and his two kids. But almost from the moment, the plane touches down, Samantha realizes that there are a lot of things about her new home―including flea-ridden cats, grumpy teenagers, and language barriers―that…
Read MoreThe Secret French Recipes of Sophie Valroux
This is Samantha’s first novel! The author of Seven Letters From Paris, and How To Make A French Family has outdone herself with this tale. It features an American chef who returns to her French roots when she is disgraced and turfed out of her beloved career in New York. Sophie ends up back in…
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