Paeonian to Paris

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Summary: Outstanding and humorous insights into Paris and America!
Review: Kincannon has captured that rare breed of American -- the ex-patriot -- perfectly. She draws the reader into the story of her move and we chuckle along with her adventures (and misadventures) adjusting to life in a foriegn country. The foibles and follies of Parisians are on full display (although we learn at least as much about ourselves through the journey). I would highly recommend this book to anyone. Kincannon's writing style is jaunty and clipped and keeps the story buzzing along. Enjoy the book!

Rating:
Summary: Outstanding and humorous insights into Paris and America!
Review: Kincannon has captured that rare breed of American -- the ex-patriot -- perfectly. She draws the reader into the story of her move and we chuckle along with her adventures (and misadventures) adjusting to life in a foriegn country. The foibles and follies of Parisians are on full display (although we learn at least as much about ourselves through the journey). I would highly recommend this book to anyone. Kincannon's writing style is jaunty and clipped and keeps the story buzzing along. Enjoy the book!

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Summary: NO TITLE
Review: This is not a review. I would like to retract my earlier review. I have had second thoughts about the quality of this book. Please therefore eliminate my review Breathless in Paris from your web site. Thank you.

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Summary: An Amateur's Guide to Paris
Review: This was a very disappointing book. The author squandors a wealth of experiences in an amateur, superficial guide which ought to be entitled, "How to Adjust to Being an American Who Insists on Thanksgiving Turkey and Who Cannot Master French While Living in Paris." She needs professional writing lessons, especially in grammar and punctuation. The book does not have a major publisher; one can only speculate as to how many publishers rejected this schoolgirlish look at how the author spent eight lazy years in Paris while her husband worked at a responsible job. Don't waste your money.

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Summary: Breathless in Paris
Review: What seems at first to be a typical American woman's awe at leaving the comfort of rural Virginia to accompany her husband to live in the City of Lights becomes an interior monologue racing to keep up with the author's reactions. Will they catch the plane? Will the somewhat dilapidated Italian freighter (the Giuseppe Verdi) ever leave the eastern seaboard? Can they find an affordable apartment in Paris with a bathroom? Will the furniture fit through the doors and windows? Will they ever install a kitchen? Are Daughters 1 and 2 coming to visit? Can the local butcher provide a proper American Thanksgiving turkey? Will the author learn to cook like a native frenchwoman? Will she survive the Place de la Concorde's traffic? The voyeur on the rooftop? The exhibitionists in the apartments across the way? Her husband's stolid patience and superior ability to master French no matter how hard she studies? One roots for the determined female American author in this breathless effort to live, breathe, eat, and speak a la francaise. This is more than a diary, less than a travelogue, a madcap dash through the manners and culture of the most desirable city in the world. It made me wish I could be there too.