Handles French with grace???!

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	• My Life in France Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme Books on Tape, 2006 average customer review:based on 1 review view larger image
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Handles French with grace???!

This is a review of the audiobook. I'll say up front that I love Julia Child and that I lived in France for five years. The book is a lot of fun, and doesn't claim to be more than it is -- a series of remembrances of a treasured time in her life. If you like cooking, eating, wine and/or France, you will likely find it enjoyable.

HOWEVER, contrary to the publisher's blurb, the reader murdered most of the French. I had to take the printed book out of the library to verify that I recognized some of the places she mispronounced. This will probably not bother you if you don't speak French and don't know France, but it very nearly ruined the book for me. I'm appalled that the publisher didn't bother to make sure that they either hired a reader who could speak French or find someone who did to train her and check the finished result. Very shoddy indeed.

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