When in French : Love in a Second Language

from gayla.bassham

I really liked this book and found that a lot of the things Collins has to say about cross-cultural marriages resonated with me. (My husband and I speak the same native language, but I was raised Southern Baptist and he was raised Jewish, and I found that many of the frustrations Collins describe...

from PennyMck

Interesting, in-depth look at language and expressing one's personality from a unilingual American woman who married a French man and gradually became bilingual

from jlafleur

Not bad, but not at all as advertised. At least half, if not more, of this short book is focused on linguistic theory about many languages (other than French), and the author's early family life (not in France). The author's travails learning to speak French like a native and her relationship to ...

from cindywho

More of a fantasy of wild privilege with asides about language and history than a memoir...

from bobbieharv

A delightful book for anyone interested in language and linguistic theory; made even more readable by the personal story of the author falling in love with a Frenchman and moving to Geneva.