Description
This isn't like me. I'm not the sort of girl who crosses continents to meet up with a man she hardly knows. Paris hadn't even been part of my travel plan...
A delightful, fresh twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes us on a tour that is fraught with culture clashes but rife with deadpan humor. Sarah Turnbull's stint in Paris was only supposed to last a week. Chance had brought Sarah and Fr d ric together in Bucharest, and on impulse she decided to take him up on his offer to visit him in the world's most romantic city. Sacrificing Vegemite for vichyssoise, the feisty Sydney journalist does her best to fit in, although her conversation, her laugh, and even her wardrobe advertise her foreigner status. But as she navigates the highs and lows of this strange new world, from life in a bustling quatier and surviving Parisian dinner parties to covering the haute couture fashion shows and discovering the hard way the paradoxes of France today, little by little Sarah falls under its spell: maddening, mysterious, and charged with that French specialty-s duction.
An entertaining tale of being a fish out of water, Almost French is an enthralling read as Sarah Turnbull leads us on a magical tour of this seductive place-and culture-that has captured her heart
Author: Sarah Turnbull
Publisher: Avery Publishing Group
Published: 08/03/2004
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781592400829
ISBN10: 1592400825
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Travel | Europe | France
- Travel | Essays & Travelogues
About the Author
Sarah Turnbull is the author of the international bestseller Almost French. She now lives in Sydney with her husband, Frédéric.