FrenchShip: An American's One-Year Adventure on the French Mediterranean

by Allen Johnson

228 pages

FrenchShip is the true, invariably funny adventure story of an American couple in Southern France-including all the confusion, faux pas, and laughter. Also included is an insightful comparison of the strengths and weaknesses of both American and French cultures.

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Category: Biography
About the Book
WARNING: Reading Frenchship may activate an intense compulsion to pack a bag for an extended trip to France. Frenchship is an adventure story. It is the true account of an American couple who decided to spend the first year of their retirement in Southern France. The author, Allen Johnson, is a talented fellow. Not only is he a bilingual Ph.D psychologist with a gift for story telling, but he is also a dynamic keynote speaker, musician, mountain climber, and artist. He draws on all those passions for admission into French society. The author enters the homes and hearts of the French by immersing himself in a truckload of activities: basketball, hiking, dancing, jazz, entertaining, and-as a return gift to the French-a free weekly course in English. Frenchship is about the colorful characters the Johnsons encounter-with all the confusion, faux pas, and laughter that follows. The reader gets the invariably funny inside story on topless bathing, nightclubbing, and the art of conversation and French cuisine. Even more, Frenchship is a reflection on what makes the French so bewilderingly…well, French to an American traveler. The author explores the differences between American and French culture: what each nation adores and deplores about each other. Finally as an extra bonus, the helpful appendices will guide the reader to a more thorough understanding of French life and language. In short, the book is the perfect companion for anyone who seeks an entertaining and considered understanding of the French joie de vivre.

About the Author

ALLEN JOHNSON is a nationally acclaimed keynote-speaker, consultant, and author. He holds a master’s in speech from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Washington State University. His passions include hiking, cycling, jazz piano, acting, and youth services.

Allen is also the author of the following books:

The Power Within: The Five Disciplines of Personal Effectiveness

This Side of Crazy: 54 Lessons on Living From Someone Who Should Know Better But Keeps Messing Up Anyway

When not in France, Allen and his wife Nita live in Richland, Washington.

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