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BlueMTexpat

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8. Thanks for posting that title.

Reply to Adsos Letter (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 22, 2019, 05:28 AM

Nov 2019

I just checked it out on Amazon. It looks fascinating and I'm adding it to my book list.

https://www.amazon.com/When-United-States-Spoke-French/dp/0143127454

There are also some reviews that I can't read because of paywalls.

But, like your SIL, I would prefer to buy it at Shakespeare and Co.

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Shelf mythology: 100 years of Paris bookshop Shakespeare and Company [View all] BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 OP

That was fascinating, thank you! Ohiogal Nov 2019 #1

More, store owners George Whitman & daughter Sylvia Beach Whitman appalachiablue Nov 2019 #2

Sorry if I duplicated BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #3

Not at all, I should have x-posted to 'Travel' but wasn't appalachiablue Nov 2019 #4

It's been much too long since BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #5

A fond favorite of mine too, nothing like Paris in the world! appalachiablue Nov 2019 #6

My son-in-law bought me a book there when he and my daughter honeymooned in Paris. Adsos Letter Nov 2019 #7

Thanks for posting that title. BlueMTexpat Nov 2019 #8