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Lucy Wadham
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The Secret Life of France |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
| Binding: |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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288 |
| Date: |
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2009-07-02 |
| ISBN: |
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0571236111 |
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Faber & Faber |
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0.71 pounds |
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0.87 x 5.35 x 8.46 inches |
| Previous givers: |
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3 pennywhistler (United Kingdom), Elizabeth Meyer (Australia), sheena andromaque (France) |
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3 Zoe (France), tinuviel (Australia), sylvia (France) |
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Product Description
In this candid and funny account of her escape from English boys and her love affair with a Frenchman, Lucy Wadham describes the mutual bafflement and fascination that characterised both their subsequent marriage and her unfolding relationship with France. Using her own personal experiences over 25 years, Lucy offers a rare, insider's view of a nation that may be deeply incompatible with ours but is also, she thinks, chronically misunderstood. In "The Secret Life of France", Lucy leads us on a journey through the French moral maze, and examines French attitudes to a range of subjects from marriage and adultery to work and race relations. By taking apart the cliches she helps us gain a better understanding of this nearest and most alien of neighbours, and suggests that on some matters we have much to learn from them.
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http://bookmooch.com/0571236111 |
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