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Charming Cross-Cultural Love Story

Travel Writing

When in French : Love in a Second Language

by Lauren Collins

A New York Times Book of the Year Does 'I love you' even mean the same thing as 'je t'aime'?


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About the book

When Lauren Collins met a Frenchman at a party one night in London, she had no idea that she would one day wake up to find herself married to him, living in Geneva. Feeling almost voiceless in French-speaking Switzerland, Lauren was no longer able to order a salad, let alone talk to her husband's parents. But a language barrier was no match for love… A smart, funny and thoughtful look at how language shapes our lives, When in French shows what happens when two languages, and two very different cultures, collide.

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Published by HarperCollins Publishers

Paperback ISBN: 9780008100629 13 Jul 2017 200 x 134 x 16 (mm) 186g