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Book SynopsisBack in print for the first time in decades—and featuring a new interview with the author, in celebration of her centennial birthday—the delectable escapades of Hollywood legend Olivia de Havilland, who fell in love with a Frenchman—and then became a Parisian In 1953, Olivia de Havilland—already an Academy Award-winning actress for her roles in
To Each His Own and
The Heiress—became the heroine of her own real-life love affair. She married a Frenchman, moved to Paris, and planted her standard on the Left Bank of the River Seine. It has been fluttering on both Left and Right Banks with considerable joy and gaiety from that moment on.
Still, her transition from Hollywood celebrity to
parisienne was anything but easy. And in
Every Frenchman Has One, her skirmishes with French customs, French maids, French salesladies, French holidays, French law, French doctors, and above all, the
Trade ReviewNew York Times Bestseller“Delightfully witty... [de Havilland's] tone might be playful, but her talent was, and is, serious.”
—Entertainment Weekly“Charming, cheeky fun...[with] plenty of nostalgic pleasure.”
—Vogue.com“Sensational.”
—Parade.com (13 Summer Reads That Are Must-Haves for the Beach)
“I found myself supremely enchanted by
Every Frenchman Has One....[L]ittle did I imagine that this tome inspired by her 1953 move to Paris following her marriage...would reveal such a marvelous reserve of mischievous wit and self-deprecating humo
r.... Like a delicious collection of bon bons waiting to be gobbled, juicy anecdotal material is mined from an array of inviting topics.... A charming book.”
—Susan Wloszczyna, Buffalo News“An undiluted pleasure.”
—Peter Tonguette, Columbus Dispatch“A light-hearted but also penetrating look at adjusting to French life…[with a] surprisingly vibrant sense of humor.”
—Martin Rubin, Washington Times “Delightful.”
—People“Disarmingly self-deprecating...[an] amusing outsider look at Paris.”
—Huffington Post
“An unending battle with law, custom, society, fashion… sales clerk and landlord… Who laughs last laughs best. She does and you along with her.”
—New York Herald Tribune“A rib-tickler… excellent.”
—New York Mirror “Lively and pleasant… wicked and roguish.”
—Oakland Tribune “Nostalgic, provocative.”
—New York Times“Miss de Havilland Tells All…”
—Chicago Tribune “Her seven-year stint as Mme. Pierre Galante, a sharp-eyed Franco-U.S. housewife and what she found out about French husbands… a happy Jean Kerr-ish account… a funny one…”
—Life
