Polly Platt Livres

Exploring the intimate lives of Anglo-Saxon women married to French men, this book reveals their unique experiences and challenges of relocating to Paris. Through personal stories, it uncovers the complexities of cultural integration, love, and the realities of living in a foreign land. The narrative provides insights into the joys and struggles these women face, offering a deeper understanding of cross-cultural relationships and the allure of French life.

Polly Platt's title French or Foe? is more timely than ever, as the Franco. American alliance frays a little more with each day, the exchanges more vitriolic than ever before. Her book has long been the reference for what it is about theFrench that rubs Americans the wrong way, why the Franco-American alliance has difficulties, and how to handle French people.... and find out, she says, "how wonderful they are." Now in the third edition, she examines the revolution of the last few years brought about by the computer and the Internet. Interviews with many American and French executives explain the differences .. and the similarities .. in procedures in the work place compared five years ago. In addition, French or Foe?Us third edition describes the "French exceptions" of the last few years: the Messier scandal, the reasons why France was voted the Workers' Paradise in 2002; the romantic Look, version 2003; the government's new measures to

"Which words of French unlock a warm welcome? What should you expect in hotels? taxis? In café restrooms? What is the code for getting great customer service? What is all the fuss about food and French restaurants? Do you know how to charm French waiters? How do you entertain business contacts, intrigue French women and French men?"