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A candid account of one woman's tumultuous love affair with France, her adoptive land. Wadham takes the reader 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. Provides a warm and witty insight into the cultural and psychological differences between the British and the French. 'Hugely enjoyable,' Edward Stourton
Synopsis
At the age of eighteen the author ran away from English boys and into the arms of a Frenchman. Using both her personal experiences and the lessons of French history and culture, this title examines various aspects of French life - from sex and adultery to money, happiness, race and politics.
