Book description
Living in Paris with her partner, the workaholic Mr Frog, and their
adorable toddler, Tadpole, Catherine decides to alleviate the boredom
of her metro-boulot-dodo routine by starting a blog under the
name of Petite Anglaise. As she lays herself bare about the confines
of her stagnant relationship with Mr Frog, about Paris life and about
the wonder and pain that comes with being a mother, she finds a new
purpose to her day. As Petite Anglaise, Catherine regains her
confidence and makes internet friends, including one charismatic and
single Englishman who lives in Brittany, James. And after meeting
James one evening in a bar, Catherine feels she has regained her
ability to fall in love, too.
Petite Anglaise weaves together many strands which have
already struck a chord with the thousands of readers who love her
blog: a "fish out of water" perspective of Paris life, the
raw emotional drama of a whirlwind, adulterous romance and an honest
appreciation of the hardships of single motherhood.
Catherine Sanderson is a 35 year old Brit who was bitten by the
French bug while still at school and has never looked back. She has been
living in Paris for more than a decade, working first as a teaching
assistant and later as a bilingual PA, and has been blogging under the
pseudonym Petite Anglaise since July 2004. She lives in the working
class cultural melting pot of Belleville with her daughter Tadpole.
