How to Make a French Family A Memoir of Love, Food, and Faux Pas [Paperback]

<p><strong>Say <em>bonjour</em>to a whole new way of life!</strong></p><p>Take one French widower, his two young children, and drop a former city girl from Chicago into a small town in southwestern France. Shake vigorously... and voil??: a blended Franco-American family whose lives will all drastically change.</p><p>Floating on a cloud of newlywed bliss, Samantha couldn't wait to move to France to begin her life with her new husband, Jean-Luc, and his kids. But almost from the moment the plane touches down, Samantha realizes that there are a lot of things about her new home—including flea-ridden cats, grumpy teenagers, and language barriers—that she hadn't counted on.</p><p>Struggling to feel at home and wondering when exactly her French fairy tale is going to start, Samantha isn't sure if she really has what it takes to make it in la belle France. But when a second chance at life and love is on the line, giving up isn't an option. <em>How to Make a French Family </em>is the heartwarming and sometimes hilarious story of the culture clashes and faux pas that , in the end, add up to one happy family.</p>"An honest, heartwarming-and at times-heartbreaking account of the struggles that occur when you dare to make your dreams come true." - <strong><em>Janice MacLeod, author of New York Times bestseller Paris Letters</em></strong>"Love has no boundaries in??Samantha Verant's??honest and courageous memoir about leaving it all behind to marry her French husband. <i>How to Make a French Family</i>is a testament to her perseverance to adapt to a new life in Southwest France. In the tradition of Seven Letters from Paris, readers will laugh, cry, and cheer for Verant until the final page." - <strong><em>Susan Blumberg-Kason, author of Good Chinese Wife</em></strong>"A charming and insightful memoir about what follows happily ever afl£I