French Like Moi A Midwesterner in Paris Author:Scott Dominic Carpenter When Scott Carpenter moves from Minnesota to Paris, little does he suspect the dramas that will unfold: scheming neighbors, police denunciations, surly demonstrators, cooking disasters, medical mishaps -- not to mention all those lectures about cheese! Nothing in the City of Light can be taken for granted, where even trips to the grocery store l... more »ead to adventure.
In the company of a cast of recurring characters, he leads us through the labyrinth of the Parisian everyday, one hilarious faux pas after another. Through it all, Carpenter, winner of a Mark Twain House Royal Nonesuch Prize for humor, keeps his eye on the central mystery of what makes the French French (and Midwesterners Midwestern).« less