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| We've Always Had Paris...and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France | 
 enlarge | Authors: Patricia Wells, Walter Wells
Publisher: Harper
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (11 reviews)
Sales Rank: 118566
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0060898615
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.5092244
EAN: 9780060898618
ASIN: 0060898615
Publication Date: May 1, 2008
Release Date: May 6, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 we've always had paris..... July 4, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
some of the anecdotes are interesting, i found overall the book was a featherweight and self- aggrandizing.
 Who cares??? June 24, 2008
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
This was my introduction to Patricia Wells, about whom I've heard and read so much over the years. Her cookbooks may be wonderful, but the writing in this book certainly is not. The language is uninspired and the details she and her journalist husband choose to share about themselves are almost embarrassing. There also wasn't a single recipe that sounded appealing. The descriptions of Provence were lovely, and it's nice that they've made such a happy life for themselves, but somehow the way they present it all just comes off wrong. Readers would be much better served by picking up Jacques Pepin's charming memoir, The Apprentice.
 Love of France June 15, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
What a delightful book! As a browsed through the bookstore, I wasn't sure what to pick up. The title intrigued me and I sat down to browse the book. 95 pages later, I had to buy the book. I couldn't put down the wonderful love story that weaves throughout the book. I most of all love the sense of humor for love, fashion, food, and Paris! My time is limited when reading for pleasure and this book is on my top 5!
Very disappointed June 13, 2008
31 out of 31 found this review helpful
Let me start by saying that I have copies of all of Patricia Wells's cookbooks and generally like them. "Bistro Cooking" is a particular favorite. This book, however, was a chore to read and rather than enhancing my opinion of her as a person it nearly negated everything. The book is co-authored with her journalist husband--with each taking turns with alternate chapters. They come off as very shallow, self-absorbed, and self-serving people. The book is riddled with black and white photographs--most looking canned and posed as if for an advertisement for her cooking school. It was just too much to hear about her beauty and exercise regime--eyelash curling and all. Upon seeing a woman in the street that looked haggered and spent, her husband turns to her and applauds Patricia's efforts in not letting herself go as this woman obviously had. Just too awful to bear reading this stuff. I don't know what I expected this book to be--but certainly not this. If it weren't so much trouble I would return it to Amazon.
wonderful June 13, 2008
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
just like a letter from friends. Wish she would update FOOD LOVERS GUIDE TO PARIS AND TO FRANCE
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