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[An] engaging and surprisingly meaty memoir When in Frenchranges from the humorously personal to a deeper look at various theories of language acquisition and linguistics There s far more to Collins book than screwball comedy, and those who have weathered linguistic crossings themselves are apt to find particular resonance in its substantive inquiry into language, identity, and transcultural translation. NPR.org
Collins offers up her own love affair as a case study, applying the tools of the social sciences to her life, and offering, along the way, a primer on linguistics and semantics and a cultural history of language. But if that makesWhen in French sound boring or academic, I ve given you the wrong impression: Collins s memoir is anything but dull. She s analytical, but never clinical, with a reporter s keen ear for nuance, and her curiosity about words the meaning beneath their meaning is infectious. TIME
Collins memoir, frequently funny, overflows with ideas about culture and communication. Newsday
This gorgeous, finely woven memoir explores the gaps between words and worlds. Refinery29
We can't all fall in love with a dashing Frenchman and move to France, but that's what Lauren Collins found herself doing when she met Olivier. This delightful memoir explores theNew Yorker staff writer's experience learning the French language and the culture and people besides. Elle.com
In her emotional, erudite memoir [Collins] documents her linguistic labors, including the missteps she accidentally tells her mother-in-law she gave birth to a coffeemaker on the road to mastery. At times she expounds on the history and philosophy of language; at others, it feels like catching up with a clever friend you haven t seen since college. But the most intriguing question posed is as much about identity as language: Are you someone else when you speak and live in a non-native tongue? TIME
A collection of musings on translation, linguistics, and cultural identity, all underpinned by a satisfying love story Collins s is the best kind of memoir: the kind that uses the author s own experience as an entryway to and a bridge between a number of universal topics. Brooklyn Rail
Part memoir, part cultural exploration, this heartwarming read will appeal to romantics and lovers of language alike. RealSimple.com
Woven into Collins s poignant and often laugh-out-loud funny personal story of trial and erreur is a primer on pop linguistics, with meditations on whether the language we speak affects the way we think and feel. Departures
An exceptionally insightful meditation on how language informs culture and personality. It s a lovely read that gets better the more you sit with it. Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
[A] wry memoir [Collins] unearths other tidbits of trivia and history that will fascinate lovers of words and language The heart of the book lies in Collins personal story, which she tells with humor, humility and a deep affection for the people and cultures involved. Whether she s describing the grinding exhaustion of learning a foreign language or the euphoria of a breakthrough, her determination makes the reader root for her. When in French is both an entertaining fish-out-of-water story and a wise and insightful look at the way two very different people and families manage to find common ground. BookPage
Cleverly organized, well-written As the memoir unfolds, Collins does not spare herself, sharing her apprehensions and her missteps with candor and frequently with humor Filled with pleasing passages in every chapter. Kirkus
[A] smart memoir on how the languages we speak shape who we are [Collins s] writing is elegant and exact. Publishers Weekly
A memoir of theNew Yorker writer s experience falling in love with a French banker and winding up in Geneva, recounted in [Collins s] distinctive and deeply intelligent mix of insight and humor.
Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Nation s What to Read This Summer
A linguistic love story Lauren Collins captures the thrilling vertigo of trying to be yourself in a foreign language. She s an expert storyteller and an excellent traveling companion. Pamela Druckerman, author of Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Lauren Collins is one of the smartest, most humane, most charming writers I know. Nobody is more observant of fine details, or more curious about the big picture. In When in French, we finally see her mad skills and effortless touch on display in a book-length memoir a love story about a person, a language, and a whole form of cultural knowledge. Collins makes the world seem like a bigger, more effervescent, more intoxicating place. Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
As a (sadly) monolingual American, I devoured Lauren Collins s sharp, funny tale of bilingual romance and learning to speak French. Part acerbic love letter to that language and part meditation on language itself, When in French is so charming it made me want to learn French too. Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.: A Novel
That anyone can actually communicate with anyone is a miracle. When in French is a hilarious and intelligent book that delves into the history of language, falling in love, and by the way includes words like Ribuy-tibuy. Gumusservi. Komorebi and Schnapsidee. Maira Kalman, author and illustrator of Beloved Dog and The Principles of Uncertainty"
New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins s terrific memoir, When in French: Love in a Second Language, depicts bilingual romance with fresh asperity: What was an expat but an immigrant who drinks at lunch? . Vogue.com
A thoughtful, beautifully written meditation on the art of language and intimacy. The book unfolds like several books in one: on moving abroad, on communication in human relationships, on the history of language, and in the end, on the delights of cross-cultural fusion. The New York Times Book Review
An ambitious and entertaining meditation on the ways in which love and language make us who we are [Collins] weaves together personal, historical, and sociological anecdotes with ease, roving nimbly between awkward interfamilial interactions, neo-Whorfian theory, the comically tortured inner workings of the Academie francaise, and far beyond Collins writing is endlessly, delightfully rich. She s mastered love in her second language and crafted a masterpiece in her first. Surely you ll fall for this book too. Buzzfeed
[The book] takes off when Collins throws herself into language classes and funny Franglish conversations with her in-laws. She takes an amusing side trip to L Academie Francaise, France s language police, to watch a committee try to come up with a substitute for the invasive English expression business as usual. Gradually, fitfully, it all comes together. Minneapolis Star Tribune
[An] engaging and surprisingly meaty memoir When in Frenchranges from the humorously personal to a deeper look at various theories of language acquisition and linguistics There s far more to Collins book than screwball comedy, and those who have weathered linguistic crossings themselves are apt to find particular resonance in its substantive inquiry into language, identity, and transcultural translation. NPR.org
Collins offers up her own love affair as a case study, applying the tools of the social sciences to her life, and offering, along the way, a primer on linguistics and semantics and a cultural history of language. But if that makesWhen in French sound boring or academic, I ve given you the wrong impression: Collins s memoir is anything but dull. She s analytical, but never clinical, with a reporter s keen ear for nuance, and her curiosity about words the meaning beneath their meaning is infectious. TIME
Collins memoir, frequently funny, overflows with ideas about culture and communication. Newsday
This gorgeous, finely woven memoir explores the gaps between words and worlds. Refinery29
We can't all fall in love with a dashing Frenchman and move to France, but that's what Lauren Collins found herself doing when she met Olivier. This delightful memoir explores theNew Yorker staff writer's experience learning the French language and the culture and people besides. Elle.com
In her emotional, erudite memoir [Collins] documents her linguistic labors, including the missteps she accidentally tells her mother-in-law she gave birth to a coffeemaker on the road to mastery. At times she expounds on the history and philosophy of language; at others, it feels like catching up with a clever friend you haven t seen since college. But the most intriguing question posed is as much about identity as language: Are you someone else when you speak and live in a non-native tongue? TIME
A collection of musings on translation, linguistics, and cultural identity, all underpinned by a satisfying love story Collins s is the best kind of memoir: the kind that uses the author s own experience as an entryway to and a bridge between a number of universal topics. Brooklyn Rail
Part memoir, part cultural exploration, this heartwarming read will appeal to romantics and lovers of language alike. RealSimple.com
Woven into Collins s poignant and often laugh-out-loud funny personal story of trial and erreur is a primer on pop linguistics, with meditations on whether the language we speak affects the way we think and feel. Departures
An exceptionally insightful meditation on how language informs culture and personality. It s a lovely read that gets better the more you sit with it. Jason Zinoman, The New York Times
[A] wry memoir [Collins] unearths other tidbits of trivia and history that will fascinate lovers of words and language The heart of the book lies in Collins personal story, which she tells with humor, humility and a deep affection for the people and cultures involved. Whether she s describing the grinding exhaustion of learning a foreign language or the euphoria of a breakthrough, her determination makes the reader root for her. When in French is both an entertaining fish-out-of-water story and a wise and insightful look at the way two very different people and families manage to find common ground. BookPage
Cleverly organized, well-written As the memoir unfolds, Collins does not spare herself, sharing her apprehensions and her missteps with candor and frequently with humor Filled with pleasing passages in every chapter. Kirkus
[A] smart memoir on how the languages we speak shape who we are [Collins s] writing is elegant and exact. Publishers Weekly
A memoir of theNew Yorker writer s experience falling in love with a French banker and winding up in Geneva, recounted in [Collins s] distinctive and deeply intelligent mix of insight and humor.
Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Nation s What to Read This Summer
A linguistic love story Lauren Collins captures the thrilling vertigo of trying to be yourself in a foreign language. She s an expert storyteller and an excellent traveling companion. Pamela Druckerman, author of Bringing Up Bebe: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting
Lauren Collins is one of the smartest, most humane, most charming writers I know. Nobody is more observant of fine details, or more curious about the big picture. In When in French, we finally see her mad skills and effortless touch on display in a book-length memoir a love story about a person, a language, and a whole form of cultural knowledge. Collins makes the world seem like a bigger, more effervescent, more intoxicating place. Elif Batuman, author of The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
As a (sadly) monolingual American, I devoured Lauren Collins s sharp, funny tale of bilingual romance and learning to speak French. Part acerbic love letter to that language and part meditation on language itself, When in French is so charming it made me want to learn French too. Adelle Waldman, author of The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P.: A Novel
That anyone can actually communicate with anyone is a miracle. When in French is a hilarious and intelligent book that delves into the history of language, falling in love, and by the way includes words like Ribuy-tibuy. Gumusservi. Komorebi and Schnapsidee. Maira Kalman, author and illustrator of Beloved Dog and The Principles of Uncertainty"
"New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins's terrific memoir, When in French: Love in a Second Language, depicts bilingual romance with fresh asperity: "What was an 'expat' but an immigrant who drinks at lunch?."" --Vogue.com
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