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The French Village Diaries: top Francophile book reviews – Heads Above Water

Don't miss Jacqui's review of 'Heads Above Water' by Stephanie Dagg.
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Acts of Kindness - Book Exchange Project

So appropriate! "Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we…


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MyFrenchLife – MaVieFrançaise #bookclub: September-October read

Read with us this September, the MyFrenchLife™ French Book Club is reading ‘The Exchange of…


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The Rain Watcher by Tatiana de Rosnay: bookclub event recap

In the beginning, I had good reasons to choose this book even though I had…



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Colette: “What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realised it sooner”

Scandals and sexual exploits: discover the secret life of the incredible Colette.
MyFrenchLife™ – MyFrenchLife.org – The Arab of the Future - Riad Sattouf - Review

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The Arab of the Future, by Riad Sattouf: book review

Discover 'The Arab of the Future' - a rich and complex graphic novel.
MyFrenchLife™ – MyFrenchLife.org - Hervé Le Tellier - All Happy Families: a memoir - book review

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Hervé Le Tellier - All Happy Families: a memoir - book review

Le Tellier’s autobiographical book is a dark one. A must-read memoir.

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Colette le film: to like or to not like - the importance of debates in French society

I'm glad the film revived my interest in Colette the famous French writer, but, but but...

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"De nos jours, la plupart des gens meurent d'une espèce de bon sens rampant et découvrent trop tard qu'il n'y a que les erreurs qu'on ne regrette jamais. Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, & discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes."

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