LEADER 00000nim a22005055i 4500 001 MWT13345536 003 MWT 005 20200528020729.0 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 200526s2020 xxunnn es z n eng d 020 9781094091334|q(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 1094091332|q(sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 028 42 MWT13345536 037 13345536|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda|beng 082 04 944/.10839092|aB|222 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Greenside, Mark,|eauthor. 245 10 (Not quite) Mastering the art of French living /|cMark Greenside. 246 30 Mastering the art of French living 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bBlackstone Publishing,|c2020. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 15 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 1 Read by Richard Poe. 520 Every year upon arriving in Plobien, the small Breton town where he spends his summers, American writer Mark Greenside picks back up where he left off with his faux- pas-filled Francophile life. Mellowed and humbled, but not daunted (OK, slightly daunted), he faces imminent concerns : What does he cook for a French person? Who has the right -of-way when entering or exiting a roundabout? Where does he pay for a parking ticket? And most dauntingly of all, when can he touch the tomatoes? Despite the two decades that have passed since Greenside's snap decision to buy a house in Brittany and begin a bi-continental life, the quirks of French living still manage to confound him. Continuing the journey begun in his 2009 memoir about beginning life in France, (Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living details Greenside's daily adventures in his adopted French home, where the simplest tasks are never straightforward but always end in a great story. Through some hits and lots of misses, he learns the rules of engagement, how he gets what he needs-which is not necessarily what he thinks he wants-and how to be grateful and thankful when (especially when) he fails, which is more often than he can believe. Introducing the English- speaking world to the region of Brittany in the tradition of Peter Mayle's homage to Provence, Mark Greenside's first book, I'll Never Be French, continues to be among the bestselling books about the region today. Experienced Francophiles and armchair travelers alike will delight in this new chapter exploring the practical and philosophical questions of French life, vividly brought to life by Greenside's humor and affection for his community. "Learning how to shop, drive, and eat in France have their own sets of rules, and (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living tackles them with a soupçon of humor. From buying a lamp to mastering mollusks (oysters), and learning the right-and wrong ways-things are done in France, Mark Greenside perseveres... and succeeds." "Failure to speak French has never been so funny! Greenside may never master the gender of French nouns, but he sees straight through the French. A smart, delicious memoir of life off the beaten track in France." "Mark Greenside recounts hilarious experiences only a foreigner can have in France, for they're the ordinary things of French life that go unnoticed by the locals yet the funniest of things for someone from the 'outside'!" 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 650 0 Americans|zFrance|zBrittany. 650 0 Country life|zFrance|zBrittany. 651 0 Brittany (France)|xDescription and travel. 651 0 Brittany (France)|xSocial life and customs. 700 1 Poe, Richard. 710 2 hoopla digital. 914 MWT13345536