Paris, elegant?

Author: Peter Mayle
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: After twenty years of bravely preparing two five-course meals every day, why did I still lose? What made all the fat women disappear from France? What made the French conversations filled with erotic jokes? What made France so French? How would a bold and adventurous American woman live and feel in the elegant Paris? Peter Mayle has only lived in Provence for a year, while the views in Harriet Welty Wright Rochefort's writing come from her experience of living in Paris for over two decades. From a small town in Iowa to the "City of Fashion," Paris, Harriet fulfilled her long-cherished dream of packing her bags and heading to Paris. She loves Paris deeply but also hates it fiercely. Just a few months ago, she applied for and was granted French citizenship, but she still despises herself for never being able to be a true Champs-élysées woman! In this book, the author shares her struggles with us and, with all her womanly effort, lifts the veil of mystery surrounding France. She vividly depicts the so-called French way of thinking and lifestyle from many aspects, such as food, money, sex, love, etiquette, schools, and more. For example, how Parisians eat lettuce, how to get closer to Parisian women, how to converse with businessmen, and, most importantly, how to prepare a seven-course dinner without a apron without dirtying your pure white clothes.