I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do) by Mark Greenside

Since 2001 she has published Nouvellettres® (newsletters) three times a week that are a source of a great deal of practical information about living in France, as well as lively stories about her day-to-day experiences in Paris, Nice and beyond. She is most well-known as the network’s most popular real estate agent on the HGTV series House Hunters International. Her company, the Adrian Leeds Group, provides a full range of property and consultation services for North Americans–– “ French Property the American Way.” She is fully committed to helping people realize their dream life in France, and has helped many hundreds of Francophiles to do just that. In 1994, she moved to Paris with her family for a one-year “sabbatical” and never left. She writes for Bonjour Paris, France Today, and France Revisited, and is the author of Demystifying the French: How to Love Them, and Make Them Love You, which Jake Lamar called “a witty, wise, and keenly observed cultural handbook.” She lives in the lovely little village of Essoyes, in the Champagne region, where she is working on her next book: A Long Way from Iowa: A Literary Memoir.Īdrian Leeds was born and raised in New Orleans. Since 1997 she has taught “Paris: A Literary Adventure” for City University of New York study abroad programs she also teaches literature and culture classes focusing on France for Politics & Prose bookstore. Janet Hulstrand grew up in Minnesota, has lived in New York and Washington D.C., and has spent as much time as she can in France since her first trip there in 1978. He and the girlfriend fell out of love with each other, but he fell in love with the village, and to his astonishment ended up buying a home there, a rollicking adventure he recounts in I’ll Never Be French (no matter what I do), described by the San Francisco Chronicle as a “fun and high-spirited read, and proof that one is never too old to find true happiness in life.” In his latest, and equally entertaining (and helpful) book, he tells the continuing story of how he is (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living. In 1991 he was dragged to a little village in Brittany by a girlfriend to spend the summer. Mark Greenside was born and raised in New York, and now lives in northern California. Their guests will take questions from the audience about how to understand, appreciate, and best deal with the sometimes bewildering, often admirable, nearly always fascinating ways of the French!

Following the success of their first “Demystifying the French: A Panel Discussion” event, the Alliance Française USA is pleased to welcome their panel back again for a continuation of their discussion on insights, perspectives, and experiences gathered over the course of many years of living, traveling, and/or working in France.

I'll Never Be French (no matter what I do) by Mark Greenside