I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do) : Living in a Small Village in Brittany (Paperback)

from Cecilturtle

Charming little book about one man's adventure in changing his life. Despite Greenside's tongue-in-cheek observations, it's very clear he is enamored with France and his new neighbours and friends. While he may never be French, he has a deep respect and admiration for all things French - perhaps ...

from ethel55

I laughed out loud at some of Mark's attempts to win over his French neighbors and townspeople in this wonderful story of a mature man falling in love with a grace-filled area and trying to make a life for himself there. Originally, Mark and his girlfriend Kathryn (both writers) rent a house in B...

from Sararush

I must confess that I do not read a lot of travel books, but I was impressed with I'll Never be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany. Despite the lengthy title, the book is actually a rather brief literary romance between a man and his coastal French town. Against G...

from Sararush

I must confess that I do not read a lot of travel books, but I was impressed with I'll Never be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany. Despite the lengthy title, the book is actually a rather brief literary romance between a man and his coastal French town. Against G...

from maggie1944

Having a friend who purchased a house in Normandie and having visited her and experienced some of the comedy of trying to accomplish basic living in France I feel completely competent to judge this book. Mark Greenside does a wonderfully fun job of poking fun at himself as he bumbles through fall...