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Review ------ What a great idea for a book! Santoni dedicates each chapter to one of her stylish French friends – interviews them, has them photographed and she tells us why they are so interesting and so dear to her. Wonderful! I loved it. Really loved it. It was fun to read that, after the interviews, when the twenty stylish French women met, some of them coincidentally knew each other or owned artworks, dresses, champagne that the others had created...This was a beautiful book to read and to savor the beautiful, beautiful photos. How fabulous! Enjoy. (Louise Owens Read MeBlogSite.net 2015-09-23) Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) About the Author ---------------- SHARON SANTONI-SMITH grew up in England, married a Frenchman, and has raised her family in Normandy, France. Her blog, My French Country Home, is read daily by thousands all over the world. She writes about life in rural France; the ups and downs of family life; her inspiring French girlfriends; the intricacies of village life; and her love of searching for brocante treasure in the flea markets of Paris and the countryside. Read more ( javascript:void(0) ) Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. -------------------------------------------------------- These portraits of women and homes show a side of France that visitors don’t normally get to see. I deliberately sought out women from all over the country, reaching from Calais in the north to Provence in the south. Each girlfriend was chosen because she has a story to tell and a great lifestyle to portray. I picked friends of all ages, because it is through living our lives that our characters grow; some faces may have a few more lines, but that is only because they have smiled more. And with age comes a new self-confidence, a self-assuredness. From candlelit dinners with lobster and champagne, to a barbecue eaten beside a river, to picnics enjoyed on their property or on a ainside, each girlfriend went out of her way to make us feel welcome. From the moment I started working on the book, I don’t think a day passed when I didn’t pronounce the word “privilege,” for that, above all, is what making this book has truly been: the privilege of introducing you to my stylish French girlfriends. Read more ( javascript:void(0) )