Diapers, tantrums, and French bureaucracy--the crazy life of an American mom in Paris.
Former party girl Vicki trades wine bottles for baby bottles, as this sassy mommy of two navigates the beautiful, yet infuriating, city of Paris.
How does she steer a stroller around piles of dog poop? Or find time for French administration between breastfeeding and business meetings? And will she ever lose the baby weight with croissants staring at her from every street corner?
This hilarious memoir will have you laughing, crying, and wiping up drool right alongside Vicki as she and her ever-patient French husband raise two children in the City of Light.
My Review:
I read and loved "Confessions of a Paris Party Girl" so when the author emailed me and offered to send me a copy of her second book, "Confessions of a Paris Potty Trainer," I jumped at the chance to read it. I loved her first book because she was so honest about her experiences living as an expat in France, and she was also very funny and luckily her second book had the same balance of wit and honesty and I ended up really enjoying it. I feel like Vicky and I have similar personalities and she is a fellow math major so I think we'd have the best time if we were able to meet up for a glass of wine some day!
The title of the book should make it fairly obvious that her second book is about her experiences raising children in France. I have not had children so can't relate to the experience of having children or raising children but nonetheless it was interesting to hear about her experiences in France from the difference in medical care to the differences in maternity policies to the day-to-day challenges of raising children - especially in a confined space!
If you like memoirs, books set in other countries, or reading about the parenting experiences of others then I recommend checking this book out. It's definitely a light, fun and fast read!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author. I was not compensated for this review, and the opinions are my own.
10 comments:
Thanks for the review! So glad to hear you enjoyed the book. Stay tuned... I'll have another book out soon!
Thanks for the review! Don't know if I'm into the child rearing stuff, but good to know about her other book you liked so much!
Sounds like a fun book! I enjoyed Bringing up Bebe so I'm sure I'd love this one. And fun that she's going to have another book out, soon :)
Fun read! I'm adding it to my list. I love reading memoirs, too.
I have a feeling I would love this one just as much as you!
This sounds like a great book! I will have to check it out. I really enjoy memoirs as well.
Sounds good! I might check out the first one to start. I too like books set in other countries- especially France!
This sounds really good to me!! I think I might have read the back of this one at Chapters recently :-)
Ohh I def want to check both of these books out. Hands down if Chris was given the chance to work in their France office or even Belgium office we would do it.
This sounds like a book I would love!!! Thanks for sharing your review!
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