In her mid-thirties, fashion editor Karen has it
all: a handsome boyfriend, a fab flat in west London, and an array of gorgeous
shoes. But when her boyfriend, Eric, leaves she makes an unexpected decision:
to hang up her Manolos and wave good-bye to her glamorous city lifestyle to go
it alone in a run-down house in rural Poitou-Charentes, central western France.
Tout Sweet is the perfect read for anyone who
dreams of chucking away their BlackBerry in favor of real blackberrying and
downshifting to a romantic, alluring locale where new friendships–and new
loves–are just some of the treasures to be found amongst life's simple
pleasures.
Tout Sweet started out auspiciously enough, with
a dramatic night spent in Caen – one of those crossroads-type scenes – where
the author is leaving one life and starting out another. The end of the chapter
had me laughing, appreciating the author’s healthy sense of humor about her
misadventure. Once she did arrive in the
French countryside village, however, the narrative seemed to focus too much on
her love life/search for a man and less about exploring every intriguing aspect
of life in France. Plus most the people
she writes about were British ex-patriates like her, not so much the
French. As I did enjoy reading this
fluffy confection on my plane trip to Paris, I will say it is an adequate
memoir to pass the time, but not anything too memorable or deep.
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