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What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind
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What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind Paperback - 2010

by Debra Ollivier

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A primer on the ineffable, "je ne sais quoi" appeal of the French woman, "What French Women Know" is a sharp-eyed and witty examination of the French mystique.

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The Los Angeles Times bestseller! "A Gallic prescription for living a life that is richer, more sensual, messier, and a lot more fun" (Boston Globe)

It's not the shoes, the scarves, or the lipstick that gives French women their allure. It's this: French women don't give a damn. They don't expect men to understand them. They don't care about being liked or being like everyone else. They accept the passage of time, celebrate the immediacy of pleasure, embrace ambiguity and imperfection, and prefer having a life to making a living.

In What French Women Know, Debra Ollivier goes beyond stale ooh- la-la stereotypes, challenging ingrained notions about sex, love, marriage, motherhood, and everything in between. With savvy, provocative thinking from French mistresses and maidens alike, Ollivier presents a refreshing counterpoint to the tired love dogma of our times, and offers realistic, liberating alternatives from the land that knows how to love.

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The Los Angeles Times bestseller! "A Gallic prescription for living a life that is richer, more sensual, messier, and a lot more fun" (Boston Globe)

It's not the shoes, the scarves, or the lipstick that gives French women their allure. It's this: French women don't give a damn. They don't expect men to understand them. They don't care about being liked or being like everyone else. They accept the passage of time, celebrate the immediacy of pleasure, embrace ambiguity and imperfection, and prefer having a life to making a living.

In What French Women Know, Debra Ollivier goes beyond stale ooh- la-la stereotypes, challenging ingrained notions about sex, love, marriage, motherhood, and everything in between. With savvy, provocative thinking from French mistresses and maidens alike, Ollivier presents a refreshing counterpoint to the tired love dogma of our times, and offers realistic, liberating alternatives from the land that knows how to love.

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  • Title What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind
  • Author Debra Ollivier
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Berkley Books
  • Publication date 2010-09-07
  • Features Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780425236482 / 042523648X
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.25 x 5.58 x 0.7 in (20.96 x 14.17 x 1.78 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: French
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Love / Sex / Marriage
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - France, Self-perception - France
  • Dewey Decimal Code 306.708

About the author

Debra Ollivier is the bestselling author of What French Women Know and Entre Nous. She was raised in Los Angeles and attended UCLA and the Sorbonne where she received degrees in French literature. Her writing has appeared in several publications including The Guardian, Le Monde, and Harper's Magazine. Ollivier spent more than 10 years in Paris before returning to California.

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