(Not Quite) Mastering the Art of French Living by Mark Greenside

[Skyhorse Publishing]A Wall Street Journal Bestseller! In the tradition of Peter Mayles A Year in Provence, let the author of Ill Never Be French introduce you to Brittany a world of color and flavor that most of us only fantasize about.Every year upon arriving in Plobien, the small Breton town where he spends his summers, American writer Mark Greenside picks back up where he left off with his faux-pasfilled Francophile life. Mellowed and humbled, but not daunted (OK, slightly daunted), he faces imminent concerns: What does he cook for a French person? Who has the right-of-way when entering or exiting a roundabout? Where does he pay for a parking ticket? And most dauntingly of all, when can he touch the tomatoes?Despite two decades that have passed since Greensides snap decision to buy a house in Brittany and begin a bi-continental life, the quirks of French living still manage to confound him. Continuing the journey begun in his 2009 memoir about beginning life in Fran