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Pardon My French

Food, Faux Pas and Franglish: One Family's Riotous Year in the South of France

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At the school gate, when she accidentally kissed one new friend on the nose and called another a "beautiful man-horse", Rachael realized that small-town France could hardly be more different to beach-side Australia. The smell of cigarettes replaced the tang of bone-broth and sprouted sourdough, the neighbors sometimes came to blows and under no circumstances would anyone wear active wear in public. Ever.

Muddling through every interaction in terrible French pushed Rachael's family to their limits. Some days, everybody cried and ate their feelings with almond croissants. But the town of Sommières embraced these ragtag Australians, and the family fell in love with their temporary hometown and its outrageous gossip, cobblestoned beauty and kind, eccentric inhabitants.

Pardon My French is a candid, hilarious love letter to family life and France with three valuable lessons for overcoming adversity: make home a beautiful nest, lean into the tough lessons and look for the comedy in everything.

'Uproarious and deliciously wise… A pure delight.' TORI HASCHKA, A Recipe for Family

©2023 Rachael Mogan McIntosh (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Travel Writing & Commentary Funny Witty
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loved it, lots of fun. very down to earth and gripping. made me more excited for our holiday in southern France this year.
Highly recommend!

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I was expecting a lot. What a Neurotic miserable woman. Not what I was expecting from the hype

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