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Life in a French Village "Like any new immigrants, we arrived with many anxieties. How would we live here, so far from the familiar culture and comforts of Long Island? Would we be able to manage life's basic survival tasks like understanding the TV schedule, making friends with the neighborhood cats, and finding a bakery that had really good croissants? This is a good example of how we always worry about the wrong things. Croissants were not a problem: there was a bakery at each end of our street. The TV was so exceptionally bad that the schedule was irrelevant, and the local cats were rather more friendly than was strictly necessary." From: The Cats and the Water Bottles David and his wife Diane spent their sabbatical in a small village in the south of France. In this book, which he describes as "An antidote to Peter Mayle," recounts stories of their encounters with the villagers, village cats and village culture. Language problems, travels in France at Italy and reflections on French life make up this entertaining collection of essays about how it feels to become a foreigner.
Customer Review: A Delightful Afternoon Read
Some wonderful things in life are just simple. That is what this book is. Not pretentious, not complicated and served in easy to chew bite-size essays. Overall a pleasant read that can warm you like an afternoon sunshine. (Not great literature, of course), but still a satisfying read.
Customer Review: An Easy Pleasant Journey Into SmallTown French Life
This book is a pleasant and easy to get through journey into an outsider's experiences in a small town in the South of France. The book is easy to read and enjoyable. Lighter than the usual Peter Mayle fare (who's books I find excellent). Overall, a simple compilation of entertaining essays.


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