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I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany (edition 2008)

by Mark Greenside

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Author and teacher Mark Greenside recounts his struggles to fit into the life of a small Celtic village in Brittany.
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Title:I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do): Living in a Small Village in Brittany
Authors:Mark Greenside
Info:Free Press (2008), Hardcover, 256 pages
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Tags:read 2009, non fiction, memoir, travel

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Started out as a potentially enchanting book but just tripped over itself. I last studied French in high school so a lot of the French dialogue can only be appreciated by someone who knows French. And then there were parts in the story that just seemed missing.

I could understand why the author would want to skip over the ending of a relationship. How someone just finds himself buying a house in France confused me too. It just felt like a chapter was missing there.

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  wellington299 | Feb 19, 2022 |
A very enjoyable introduction to the people of Brittany by a self-deprecating author which made me think about traveling again. ( )
  wdwilson3 | Apr 1, 2018 |
Yet another place on earth to visit on my "bucket list"! :) I'm going to need to hit the lottery!

Mark Greenside writes a hysterical memoir of living and loving Brittany. As a bumbling, fumbling middle-aged American man who is discovering a new world so unlike the one he has known.

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  FAR2MANYBOOKS | Apr 5, 2014 |
Yet another place on earth to visit on my "bucket list"! :) I'm going to need to hit the lottery!

Mark Greenside writes a hysterical memoir of living and loving Brittany. As a bumbling, fumbling middle-aged American man who is discovering a new world so unlike the one he has known.

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  FAR2MANYBOOKS | Apr 5, 2014 |
A very funny account of the cultural differences between the Bretons and Americans living in France. It made me laugh out loud. ( )
  BrendaRT20 | Nov 3, 2013 |
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