--- product_id: 1300774 title: "First French Essais: Venturing into Writing, Marriage, and France Paperback – March 3, 2014" brand: "kristin espinasse" price: "VT12648" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1300774-first-french-essais-venturing-into-writing-marriage-and-france-paperback store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # First French Essais: Venturing into Writing, Marriage, and France Paperback – March 3, 2014 **Brand:** kristin espinasse **Price:** VT12648 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** First French Essais: Venturing into Writing, Marriage, and France Paperback – March 3, 2014 by kristin espinasse - **How much does it cost?** VT12648 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/1300774-first-french-essais-venturing-into-writing-marriage-and-france-paperback) ## Best For - kristin espinasse enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted kristin espinasse brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![First French Essais: Venturing into Writing, Marriage, and France Paperback – March 3, 2014 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71QnkVTn15L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book takes you to France *by J***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 26, 2014* American Kristin Espinasse has compiled 28 pleasant essays about her life in France after she met and married a French man. The book grew out of her French Word-A-Day blog. As with each blog post, she includes a few French words and definitions in each chapter, as well as interesting photos. Essays touch on quaint customs, colorful observations, small human dramas, family anecdotes. Reading this book feels like strolling through gently rolling French countryside, finding a grassy spot for your blue-and-white-checked picnic cloth, and resting against your wicker picnic basket all afternoon to gaze quietly over farms and villages as little everyday French scenes play out before you.I have subscribed to and enjoyed Kristin’s blog for several years. As an American, I like discovering differences in French culture (like doggy bags and parking meters) along with Kristin. I like learning handy French words and expressions (like la bagnole for car) that often don’t show up in textbooks or even dictionaries. I believe First French Essais has more vocabulary than the blog, and I like that. In the book, for some odd reason, Kristin teaches that la belle-mère means the mother-in-law at least three times. After the first mention, she could have used the space on her vocabulary blackboard graphics for fresh words.And I would say that for the book’s language lessons to stick, a reader would have to already have some foundational grammar pegs to hang the new expressions on. Even if a reader did not pick up a single new French word, however, First French Essais: Venturing into Writing, Marriage, & France is an enjoyable read. The simple stories are charmingly well-told, and you can identify with the emotions of the people in the stories. Two bonuses at the end: a hidden-word puzzle and a dual-language story of how Monsieur Farjon, “the plant man,” ended up on the book’s cover. I enjoy Kristin’s openness to cross-cultural experiences and her candor about both failures and successes. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A FUN READ! *by M***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 25, 2014* Kristin Espinasse is an American from Arizona who moved to France several years ago to marry her french boyfriend, Jean-Marc who she lovingly nicknamed "Chief Grape" since he's into the wine making business. As one who reads the author's blog, "French-Word-A-Day.com" I pretty much knew what to expect since the "French Essais" in this book were taken from some of her blogs written over the years. Her book (and her blog which is also written in English) take us to some of her interesting adventures in a foreign country and sometimes through trials and tribulations in living in France while trying to adapt to a new language and a new culture while raising two kids. Through Kristin's stories, we also meet some of her neighbors and colorful locals. What I didn't expect was the many beautiful photos throughout this book that the author has taken and they're all in color!I have been to Provence a couple of times, and books such as this one bring back so many wonderful memories. Kristin Espinasse's writing is warm and inviting and when her blog comes through, it feels like a ray of sunshine. And just like in her blog, this book at the end of each essay, features a "French Vocabulary" which has a list of the French words that were sprinkled in her essay and what they mean in English. It's a fun way to learn French! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ French made easy! *by K***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 2, 2021* Kristen Espinasse make everyone want to live in France and speak the language. She shares her wonderful life stories of falling in love with a man, his culture and language. 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