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Janine Marsh

My Good Life in France

One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she’d expected or planned for.

Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating or proper rooms, and with little money and less of a clue, she started to realize there was lot more to her new home than she could ever have imagined.

These are the true tales of Janine’s rollercoaster ride through a different culture — one that, to a Brit from the city, was in turns surprising, charming and not the least bit baffling.
213 printed pages
Copyright owner
Michael O'Mara Books
Original publication
2017
Publication year
2017
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Quotes

  • Cris Lohas quoted3 years ago
    It stands for voiture sans permis – a car you can drive without a licence.
  • Cris Lohas quoted3 years ago
    I have a feeling that any sign of authority turns some French people from really nice, friendly, cultured people into wannabe anarchists.
  • Cris Lohas quoted3 years ago
    He had always wanted to eat there and when he did it was a bittersweet moment as we realized that many of the other things on his bucket list would never be fulfilled.

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