Tales from the Pays d’Oc Twenty-one tales of life, love and laughter in the land of sun and vines. What is Matthieu doing up an olive tree? Why won’t Joséphine ever eat pizza again? Who went four by fourth? And who rescued two hapless Americans at Armageddon Falls? Travel to the Languedoc, feel the scorch… Continue reading Tales from the Pays d’Oc by Patricia Feinberg Stoner: delightful and atmospheric
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One Sip At A Time by Keith Van Sickle: sparkling expat experiences
Oh, but I love this book about expat life in Provence! It’s beautifully written, thoroughly entertaining and sums up the expat experience superbly. The writing sparkles with enjoyment and humour, although the author’s not above giving gentle digs where they’re due. After all, the French do have their little, incomprehensible ways when it comes to,… Continue reading One Sip At A Time by Keith Van Sickle: sparkling expat experiences
A Llama and a Fox: extract from Total Immersion
Another #SampleSunday, another extract from my forthcoming ‘Total Immersion: Ten Years in France’. We’re in March 2009, and we get to meet our first home-born baby llama and Chris has a very close encounter with a fox. We’d moved Gabby, the mother llama, into a stable so she’d be warm and cosy when delivery time… Continue reading A Llama and a Fox: extract from Total Immersion
From Here to Paris – on 26 tons of riveted iron, otherwise known as Phaedra
What a great way to start July! It’s my turn to host Cris Hammond who is on a virtual book tour with his extremely enjoyable From Here to Paris. All expats are interesting people, since it takes a certain sort of person to up sticks and not just move, but move to another… Continue reading From Here to Paris – on 26 tons of riveted iron, otherwise known as Phaedra
Ramblings in Ireland – Physical and Metaphorical: Quirky Non-Fiction by Kerry Dwyer
Ramblings in Ireland by Kerry Dwyer is really two books in one
A Unique View of Cairo from Herbert L Smith
Cairo: The Mother of the World by Herbert L Smith is an account of the author’s time in that city. But if was he there for three years or a lifetime, he can’t be sure. Certainly he gains a lifetime of experiences during his stay there. Like most expats he is enchanted but also frustrated… Continue reading A Unique View of Cairo from Herbert L Smith
Expat Blog Hop – Expat Life Books
Welcome to Books Are Cool, the book related sister site to Blog in France. So yes, I’m taking part twice in my own blog hop! It wasn’t intentional. I needed to try out the linky tool when I was setting the blog hop up, since it’s my first go at organising one. So I signed… Continue reading Expat Blog Hop – Expat Life Books