Life on a French Poster

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iUniverse, 25 mei 2005 - 108 pagina's
Life on a French Poster is an evocative, informative read for anyone who can relate to escaping to a better life to find that even paradise has its pitfalls. It is about assimilating new cultures (Franglais-American in this case); Breathing new life into a 500-year old French priory (Does one save the torchis? or not?); Developing new skills (like buying property as a foreigner and ironing giant bedcovers); Having a laugh over dinner with visitors from around the world (that's table d'hotes); and Becoming a village sex symbol (by accident via the "love window.")

Life on a French Poster details aspects of one significant year in the lives of author Patricia Pearson and her husband Dan. It is true account of their restoration of Le Prieure, a 16th century priory in the remote tourist village of Biron, Southwest France. Pearson's skillful description of the transformation of this rambling stone manoir into a luxury bed & breakfast is part adventure, part romance and part travelogue. The book title springs from a 1970s vintage tourist poster with Le Prieure (www.fancyfrance.net) prominently featured at the foot of Chateau Biron.

Life on a French Poster. Is it possible for you?

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Introduction
1
Time Passes Times Change
3
Ready SetStopthen Go
11
Every Village Should Have a Monsieur Citterio
17
Our New Life Begins
21
If Its Tuesday Its London then Biron then
26
Discovering Treasures and Living History
30
Reality CheckThe Bank Says No
35
La Brocante Française
50
Winters Gray Mask
55
But Do the Ghosts Speak French?
61
The AmericanFrench War
66
The Dutch Ophelia
71
Finding Lost Worlds
76
The Heat Wave and Other Stories of Woe
82
Epilogue
91

Christmas and Some Kind Kooks
39
Funding a Dream by Selling Memories
45

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