When in French : love in a second language
Collins, Lauren (Journalist)2016
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After a lifetime spent living firmly in English, Lauren Collins finds herself adrift in French-speaking Geneva. Having fallen in love with Olivier, a Frenchman, Lauren wakes up one day to the realisation that she is living in a community where she cannot speak the language, and that she is married to a man whose name she doesn't dare speak in public, for fear of mispronunciation. As she embarks on learning French in her new surroundings, Lauren reflects on her lifelong love affair with language, and her own linguistic roots.
Main title:
When in French : love in a second language / Lauren Collins.
Author:
Collins, Lauren (Journalist), author
Imprint:
London : 4th Estate, 2016.
Collation:
243 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Penguin Press.
ISBN:
9780008100599 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
448.0092070.92B COL
Local class:
070.92
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1822813