When in French: love in a second language
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| Grouping Title | when in french love in a second language |
| Grouping Author | lauren collins |
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| Last Grouping Update | 2024-03-26 03:10:20AM |
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"A language barrier is no match for love. Lauren Collins discovered this firsthand when, in her early thirties, she moved to London and fell for a Frenchman named Olivier--a surprising turn of events for someone who didn't have a passport until she was in college. But what does it mean to love someone in a second language? Collins wonders, as her relationship with Olivier continues to grow entirely in English. Are there things she doesn't understand about Olivier, having never spoken to him in his native tongue? Does "I love you" even mean the same thing as "je t'aime"? When the couple, newly married, relocates to Francophone Geneva, Collins--fearful of one day becoming "a Borat of a mother" who doesn't understand her own kids--decides to answer her questions for herself by learning French. When in Frenchis a laugh-out-loud funny and surprising memoir about the lengths we go to for love, as well as an exploration across culture and history into how we learn languages--and what they say about who we are. Collins grapples with the complexities of the French language, enduring excruciating role-playing games with her classmates at a Swiss language school and accidently telling her mother-in-law that she's given birth to a coffee machine. In learning French, Collins must wrestle with the very nature of French identity and society--which, it turns out, is a far cry from life back home in North Carolina. Plumbing the mysterious depths of humanity's many forms of language, Collins describes with great style and wicked humor the frustrations, embarrassments, surprises, and, finally, joys of learning--and living in--French"--
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French language -- Conversations and phrases -- English
French language -- Self-instruction
French language -- Study and teaching -- English speakers
Journalists -- United States -- Biography
Travelers' writings, American -- France
France -- Languages
French language -- Conversations and phrases -- English
French language -- Self-instruction
French language -- Study and teaching -- English speakers
Journalists -- United States -- Biography
Travelers' writings, American -- France
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When in French : love in a second language
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When in French
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love in a second language
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French language
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Travelers' writings, American
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English
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French language
Journalists
Languages
Self-instruction
Study and teaching
Travelers' writings, American
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