Bonjour Kale: A Memoir of Paris, Love, and Recipes by Kristen Beddard
My first read of 2017 was about Paris and kale. Yes, you read it correctly. Sounds a bit strange, but actually it was an interesting read about moving to a completely brand new environment and having a bit of a rough time adjusting. Paris may appear to be a dream, but it can often times prove to be a difficult place to make a new home. Kristen Beddard was living in New York City, happily single, when she met Philip at work. They dated, fell in love, and got married with the realization that Philip's job was sending him to Paris for long periods of time and the best plan was to move to Paris and live there for the next five years. Kristen had been to Paris years earlier, and loved it. She was excited to go, and read heaps of blogs about Americans living in Paris. She thought she was prepared, and was headed to a lovely life, complete with ballet flats, red lipstick and, hopefully, a job teaching in English. She was, sadly, wrong on all coun...