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PENSIONERS IN PARADIS: FRENCH NOTES FROM A BROAD Kindle Edition

by Olga Swan (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
Why did so many British people move lock, stock and barrel to France in the early 2000s? Follow the lives of a self-deprecating couple from England, steeped in life’s troubles, and whisk them across the Channel. Laugh with them as they encounter hilarious situations in France - from troublesome workmen, the infamous bureaucracy and even sex à la française!
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    191 pages
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  3. Publication date
    May 5, 2021
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B094BLF1VS
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 5, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.7 MB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 191 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.8 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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Olga Swan

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For many years Olga lived in France, where she wrote her best-selling Pensioners in Paradis and Vichyssoise. B.A. Hons. (Open) in the Humanities, specialising in English language and literature.

Blog: olgaswan.blogspot.com

Twitter: @olgaolgaswan

The Mandarin Seeds. Published by SpellBound Books. https://tinyurl.com/mua598r4

On Amazon KDP. Soon to be published by SpellBound Books:

The Meleke Stone. mybook.to/meleke

Dunoon Assassin. mybook.to/Dunoon

Lamplight. ed 2. mybook.to/lamplight

Vichyssoise. ed 2. mybook.to/vichyssoise

3rd Degree Murder, ed 2. mybook.to/3rddegree

The Mazurek Express. WWII thriller. mybook.to/themazurekexpress

MG series for ages 9-adult:

Ruby and the Ancient Temple of Petra

Tina and the Colosseum of Rome

Saffron and the Taj Mahal

A further four novels to come in this series

Non-fiction on KDP:

Age and The Music of Time. mybook.to/Age

An Englishwoman in America. mybook.to/Ed2anenglishwoman

Pensioners in Paradis. 4 times international best seller, 750,000+ pages read. mybook.to/Ed2paradis

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  • Kindle Customer AMR
    2.0 out of 5 stars Don't like the way this is written.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2023
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    The author is telling us all about her move to France with her husband and there were so many issues with her tale that I had to give up on it.
    Firstly, there was very little substance to it, it was more like the diary of any married woman and apart from a disaster while still in the UK, very little happened that was of any interest.
    She gives the impression that the French are rather inferior to her. She doesn't have many nice things to say about them in spite of the fact she insists she wants to form friendships with them. In fact, I began to wonder why she had gone to France at all.
    The fact that she wouldn’t name her husband grated on me. She annoyingly refers to him as 'H'. (What is it about British women who emigrate? This is the second expat book I have read recently and the author of the other book referred to her spouse as 'H' as well). I don't know whether I find this annoying or pretentious. Possibly both.
    She also has this habit of saying something in French but frequently omitting to translate it. Does she think everyone who reads the book understands French? Interestingly, one phrase was translated incorrectly, yet she insists she speaks reasonable French.
    She quotes her husband's 'jokes'. I use quotes because as jokes go they are not even vaguely amusing.
    She says things like 'grr' and ‘arrrrr’ to show her displeasure, which I found irritating.
    For some reason, she gave a history lesson about the area. Why? To pad the book out?
    All in all, I had to give up on this rather boring book, mainly for the reasons given above. I definitely think Peter Mayle needn't worry!
    What a disappointment.
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