Love is something quite different in Provence, as Yvone Lenard discovers when she chaperones 50 red-blooded American college students for a year at California State University’s study abroad program in Aix-en-Provence. Proclaiming themselves on their applications to the program to be “ambassadors of culture,” their thoughts and senses turn to romance and sex upon arrival. As Resident Director of the program Lenard soon has her hands full, but her sense of humor prevails and she stays to form affectionate relationships with the students and a love affair with Provence. When not counseling her charges, Lenard finds a “safe” escort in the charming and eccentric Bill Hope, an American expatriate with whom she probes ancient villages and ruins and dines at sunset on the terraces of elegant restaurants. The ten stories in this collection are set in some of the region’s most romantic locales. Each story concludes with advice on where to go to experience romance and a menu for a dinner for two with simple recipes to recreate the sensual flavors of Provence.
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"..allow the words to speak romantic imagination together while...taste buds enjoy the cuisine recipes provided between the covers." -- Marvin Arthur, Arthur's International
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Yvone Lenard is a native of France. She is the author of The Magic of Provence and Chantal. She lives in Los Angeles and Provence, France.
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This review is from: Love in Provence: Romantic Adventures in the South of France (Hardcover)
From its style to its authentic-sounding anecdotes ranging from the picturesque to the emotionally charged, to its superb enthusiasm, all is just wonderful. Including recipes was a startlingly good idea. Love in Provence should be proposed as mandatory reading in universities and colleges, for these are times when more windows need to be opened onto the world.
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This review is from: Love in Provence: Romantic Adventures in the South of France (Hardcover)
Yvone Lenard has done it again. Reading her books is like being in Provence with her. You can picture the lavender filled fields, and taste the delicious food. These stories are both amusing and touching. I loved it!
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September 1, 5:30 A.M.: In this early, drizzly dawn, a charter plane is going to land at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Madame Bon, Father Antoine, General Director, Mary Magdalen, Professor Bugatti, Madame Amarige, International Program, Resident Directors, Mont Sainte-Victoire, Saint Bernard, Cours Mirabeau, Los Angeles, Marseille Opera, Mas Tourteron, Middle Ages, Monsieur Amarige, West Africa, Esprit de France, Madame Lenard, Madame Liz, Rosa Ponselle, Vieux Port New!
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September 1, 5:30 A.M.: In this early, drizzly dawn, a charter plane is going to land at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lavender fields, resident director Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Madame Bon, Father Antoine, General Director, Mary Magdalen, Professor Bugatti, Madame Amarige, International Program, Resident Directors, Mont Sainte-Victoire, Saint Bernard, Cours Mirabeau, Los Angeles, Marseille Opera, Mas Tourteron, Middle Ages, Monsieur Amarige, West Africa, Esprit de France, Madame Lenard, Madame Liz, Rosa Ponselle, Vieux Port New!
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- The Rite of Spring (Dover Miniature Music Scores) by Igor Stravinsky on page 94
- The Myth of Sisyphus: And Other Essays by Albert Camus on page 100
- The Magic of Provence: Pleasures of Southern France by Yvone Lenard in Back Matter
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