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  • It could have been fun  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    I came across this book in the motherland Mrs. Turnbull. I immediately said, like it could be fun to see what Australians perceive the French, their feelings on arriving in the country. But then, this nice little lady comes in the middle of a wildlif
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  • Do you speak French?  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    I pass by many foreign authors who talked about their experiences in France, and in Paris, Sarah Turnbull offers a beautiful invitation to travel in our country. Australia France has, inevitably differences. I find the female tone gives the very inte
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  • Almost French of almost Australian  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    I read this book with great joy. Well written, full of humor, it's a little setback in my story. who left France there soon 30 years, I understand too well what Sarah Turnbull expressed. This is not another book written by another English speaker, fu
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  • nice but ... 1 5  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    a light book read during the holidays. But I stayed on my hunger. I expected more in the discovery of France "picturesque": in fact it attends the cocktail meetings in private hotels in Neuilly, a weekend in castles and holiday home. Even for a
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  • A memoir with a french twist  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    A wonderful, light, humourous That story captures the senses and emotions of the reader. Almost French is about a love story That takes up in one of the MOST romantic cities aim Follows it with hard realities. Dealing with cultural clashes and humbli
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  • The life of an Australian in Paris  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    In the same situation that the author (an Australian living in France with French) I could not help but read and reread this book. That "French" or not, there is much truth in this book - yes, there are stereotypes, yes there are generalizations
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  • Clichés  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    A catalog of stereotypes! Must say that the boyfriend of Australia is serious ... Me I did the reverse: French expatriate in Australia and I came across the book by chance here. I could almost write the same book to describe life in Australia. The se
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  • Good but not great 2 1  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    French having lived a long time abroad, I expected a lot from this book by buying it. This is a good book, but say that it is a novel, or that it is very good, is rather exaggerated. In no particular literary style or particularly extraordinary infor
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  • Definitely Parisienne  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    This is the true story of a young woman Australian who arrived in Paris in 1995 and describes its integration into the city and to France. She discovered the "French" and tells her shameless integration problems, its incomprehension, misundersta
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  • Paris has the Australian  

    Almost French: A New Life in Paris (Paperback)
    A book to devour! Paris and Parisians through the tender look and eclairé an Australian, finesse and humorous. A recommender urgently to all those who have experienced the joys and difficulties of expatriation! It is extremely well written and Englis
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