PDF (Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living

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(Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living
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(Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French
Living Description
A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! In the
tradition of Peter Mayle 8217 s A Year in
Provence, let the author of I 8217 ll Never Be
French introduce you to Brittany a world of color
and flavor that most of us only fantasize about
Every year upon arriving in Plobien, the small
Breton town where he spends his summers, American
writer Mark Greenside picks back up where he left
off with his faux-pas 8211 filled Francophile
life Mellowed and humbled, but not daunted (OK,
slightly daunted), he faces imminent concerns
What does he cook for a French person? Who has
the right-of-way when entering or exiting a
roundabout? Where does he pay for a parking
ticket? And most dauntingly of all, when can he
touch the tomatoes?Despite two decades that have
passed since Greenside 8217 s snap decision to
buy a house in Brittany and begin
a bi-continental life, the quirks of French
living still manage to confound him Continuing
the journey begun in his 2009 memoir about
beginning life in France, (Not Quite) Mastering
the Art of French Living details Greenside 8217 s
daily adventures in his adopted French home,
where the simplest tasks are never
straightforward but always end in a great story
Through some hits and lots of misses, he learns
the rules of engagement, how to get what he
needs 8212 which is not necessarily what he
thinks he wants 8212 and how to be grateful and
thankful when (especially when) he fails, which
is more often than he can believe This is my
world, the Old World that is constantly new to me
I 8217 ve been coming to France 8212 Brittany
8212 for more than twenty years now, and I 8217 m
still trying to master the art of French living
For a guy who likes to think he knows what he
8217 s doing, it 8217 s been an unexpectedly
bumpy ride 8221 Experienced Francophiles and
armchair travelers alike will delight in
Greenside 8217 s exploring the practical and
philosophical questions of French life, vividly
brought to life by his humor and affection for
his community