| How to be French | 
 enlarge | Author: Maragret Ambrose
Publisher: New Holland Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 808114
Media: Paperback
Edition: New title
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 238
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 1741102448
Dewey Decimal Number: 944.084092
EAN: 9781741102444
ASIN: 1741102448
Publication Date: February 1, 2005
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Condition: Clean, tight copy, in excellent condition throughout. Dispatch within 24hrs from the UK.
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 Hideous June 2, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Perhaps I shouldn't be writing a review, because I could barely get past the first few pages of this. I did, however, skim the rest of this in disbelief. Can an author this bad actually get published? Did anyone else find it questionable that the book is listed as non-fiction yet a lot of the stuff is made up? Regardless, the author tells her tale of learning French, and never a more stuck-up and egocentric "heroine" has this reader encountered. Which, again, might be acceptable if this book was well-written. It is not. It is, quite simply, unreadable.
 I liked it March 30, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
this book was an enjoyable and fun read about learning a new language. i found it funny and quirky and a good story about what it is like to be exposed to a new culture and to become confident in it.
Enchanting page turner March 28, 2006
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
How to be French is the first book from popular Australian author, Margaret Ambrose. It's probably inappropriately named, because it's not a guide on how to be French, nor is it observations of the French, like Sarah Turnbull's Almost French. Instead, this is a highly entertaining, smart and sassy story about an Australian's search of glamour and culture. It's expertly crafted and contains beautifully drawn, incredibly accurate observations of life and people, for which the writer is known. Fans will not be disappointed and, like me, will be eagerly awaiting the next offering from this exciting young talent.
Try Almost French instead October 22, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book quickly disappeared from bookshelves in Australia, and you'll know why if you buy it. The tale has been done before (see the much better Almost French by Sarah Turnbull), but much more effectively, funnily and better written. The author wastes no time talking about how fabulous she is, but gives no evidence that this is actually the case. It's a book all about ME ME ME, and in this case, the "me" isn't nearly as interesting as she should be.
Try Almost French instead October 22, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The tale has been done before (see the much better Almost French by Sarah Turnbull), but much more effectively, funnily and better written.
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