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Reviewed on July 16, 2007
In this series of sharply written, often funny essays tackling the English-French divide, a number of cultural sticking-points are examined with equal measures of affection, bewilderment, frustration and envy. Fascinated by politics and culture clashes from an early age, journalist Poirier (raised in France, currently living in the UK) dispenses with a brief nod to civility ("British friends, never doubt the admiration you inspire") before lighting into her neighbors across the channe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More