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When in French

Love in a Second Language
Dec 02, 2016Nicr rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Entertaining and educational memoir by an American journalist married to a Frenchman. Living in Geneva, and attempting to communicate with her in-laws and to understand her husband culturally, she commits to learning French. She recounts the rewards and pitfalls of language acquisition and adds to her personal experience with historical and scientific perspective.