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How To Be Parisian

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Four fabulous, smart, savvy French women offer up their highly amusing insider take on Parisian life, love and liberty. Full of personal anecdotes, life lessons and photographs, this is the only guide you'll need to channelling your inner Parisienne and oozing that certain 'je ne sais quoi'...


Bohemian free-thinkers and iconoclasts, Anne Berest, Caroline De Maigret, Audrey Diwan and Sophie Mas cut through the myths in this gorgeous, witty guide to Parisienne savoir faire.

These modern Parisiennes say what you don't expect to hear, just the way you want to hear it.
They are not against smoking in bed, and are all for art, politics and culture, making everything look easy, and going against the grain. They will take you on a first date, to a party and through a hangover. They will tell you how to be mysterious and sensual, make your boyfriend jealous, the right way to approach weddings and the gym, and they will share their address book in Paris for where to go at the end of the night, for a birthday, for a smart date, for vintage finds and much more.

Full of wit and self-deprecating humour, and full of life lessons and personal anecdotes, How To Be Parisian explains those confusing subjects of clothes, makeup, men, culture and lifestyle as only a true Parisienne can.

© Anne Berest, Audrey Diwan and Caroline de Maigret 2014 (P) Penguin Audio 2016

Critics Review

This saucy guide to French chic has a charming authorité. It’s also curiously persuasive.
FT.com
Author Sophie Mas
Narrator Carrington MacDuffie
Duration 3 hours and 9 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781473529748
Format Audiobook
Publisher Ebury Publishing
Genre Cosmetics, hair and beauty, Fashion and style guides, Gift books, Shopping guides
Availability GB, IE

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