A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
DOES 'I LOVE YOU' EVEN MEAN THE SAME THING AS 'JE T'AIME'?
When Lauren Collins met a Frenchman at a party one night in London, she had no idea that she would one day wake up to find herself married to him, living in Geneva.
Feeling almost voiceless in French-speaking Switzerland, Lauren was no longer able to order a salad, let alone talk to her husband's parents. But a language barrier was no match for love…
A smart, funny and thoughtful look at how language shapes our lives, When in French shows what happens when two languages, and two very different cultures, collide.
ISBN: | 9780008100629 |
Publication date: | 13th July 2017 |
Author: | Lauren Collins |
Publisher: | 4th Estate an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 238 pages |
Genres: |
Memoirs Language acquisition Bilingualism and multilingualism Language self-study Language learning: speaking skills Communication studies Language: reference and general |