French Women Don't Get Fat

I read the second book by Mireille Guiliano and blogged about it early in the New Year. That was a wonderful book. At the time I had no plans to read the first one because I thought the second one was beautiful and plenty. Ah, how wrong. I came about this first one by accident. Our shopping centre has been extended and so the bookstore was trying to reduce stock before moving into its swish new premises. I was wandering by and this time the bright orange cover caught my eye, it was a good price so there I went...and I have been lost in it ever since. She weaves a magical spell as she leads you through the basic principals of eating and living as a French woman. It's not everything, but she surely captures and shares the essence. It's engaging, informative, entertaining and has ideas and recipes galore. At the end she does a couple of pages of dot points and proves her point! How they hurt to read. They cut through like a knife and she demonstrates more than adequately that it is far better to charm and entrance people. Far better to talk to them as a friend, far better to weave your magical spell if you want to get through and persuade and accord others the right to absorb your information. To make up for the dot points she softened the blow with more delightful recipes. I do not regret one bit I bought and read this.