The engaging, funny and essential guide to communicating with the French
Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau are the award-winning authors of The Story of French, The Story of Spanish, and the bestselling Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't be Wrong. They live in Canada.
This book confirms what the English have suspected for many years,
that French is not so much a language as a dance, a ritual, a code
to be cracked. The Bonjour Effect cracks it -- David Boyle, author
of How to be English
An indispensable linguistic roadmap. A highly enjoyable romp
through French culture and its language, written with wit and
aplomb -- Debra Ollivier, author Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to
Finding Her Inner French Girl
Whether you're an expat in France, or simply dream of living there
one day, The Bonjour Effect is a helpful resource to cracking the
arcane cultural code. Engaging and often funny, filled with
examples drawn from the authors' experiences, this is a guide to
the most essential of French arts: conversation -- Ann Mah, author
of Mastering the Art of French Eating
Whether 'bonjour' is the beginning or the end of your French
vocabulary, you'll find something fascinating, surprising, or just
plain fou on nearly every page. Before reading this invaluable
codebook to French language and culture, I feared that I'd somehow
insulted every French waiter, shopkeeper, and clerk between Paris
and Nice. Now I know I did, but at least I know why! -- William
Alexander, author of Flirting with French
The ability to speak French doesn't mean you know how to have a
conversation in French in France. Journalists Julie Barlow and
Jean-Benoit Nadeau break down the 'rules' of French conversation in
their new book The Bonjour Effect * CBC *
A lively and informative description of the country's cultural
habits... -- Lysiane Gagnon * The Globe and Mail *
Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau unravel the mysteries of French
conversation. They take readers beyond what the French are actually
saying to explain what it is they really mean -- Shannon Broderick
* Gonomad.com *
Very funny * Rudy Maxa's World with the Careys *
Packed with fascinating insights * 49th Shelf *
The Bonjour Effect is an indispensable linguistic roadmap. A highly
enjoyable romp through French culture and its language, written
with wit and aplomb. -- Debra Ollivier, best-selling author of What
French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart
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