My French Connection: Coming To Grips With The Worlds Most Beautiful But Baffling Country

My French Connection: Coming To Grips With The Worlds Most Beautiful But Baffling Country

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Author: Sheryle Bagwell

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 386


Coming to grips with the world's most beautiful but baffling country. In 1988, journalist Sheryle Bagwell went to France seeking an escape from her real life back home. She discovered an unexpected country - one where the popular images of naturally thin women and national arrogance vie with the spread of fast food and crippling self-doubt about France's place in the world; where hypochondria and the slacker ethic are national obsessions; and where the code of liberte, egalite and fraternite is being tested by the rise of an anti-immigrant mood and violent street riots.Living and working in Paris and Lyon with her husband, Michael, Sheryle navigates local customs, language and baffling social niceties, uncovering a country that is charming, sometimes maddening, and more than a little contradictory.'Fearlessly tickles the underbelly of that proud old Gallic culture' - Adelaide Advertiser
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Sheryle Bagwell

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 386


Coming to grips with the world's most beautiful but baffling country. In 1988, journalist Sheryle Bagwell went to France seeking an escape from her real life back home. She discovered an unexpected country - one where the popular images of naturally thin women and national arrogance vie with the spread of fast food and crippling self-doubt about France's place in the world; where hypochondria and the slacker ethic are national obsessions; and where the code of liberte, egalite and fraternite is being tested by the rise of an anti-immigrant mood and violent street riots.Living and working in Paris and Lyon with her husband, Michael, Sheryle navigates local customs, language and baffling social niceties, uncovering a country that is charming, sometimes maddening, and more than a little contradictory.'Fearlessly tickles the underbelly of that proud old Gallic culture' - Adelaide Advertiser