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— Joshua Hammer, New York Times
"...a charming variation on the theme popularized two decades
ago by the British writer Peter Mayle in his Provence series: Anglophone
city slicker resettles in French hamlet and confronts domestic mini-disasters
and eccentric locals."
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— Publishers Weekly
"Greenside tells a charming story about growing wiser, humbler
and more human through home owning in a foreign land."
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— Kirkus Reviews
"A charming travel memoir showing how comfort can sometimes
be gleaned from the unfamiliar."
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— Danise Hoover, Booklist Online
"...for those who love the move-to-a-foreign-country-and-survive
genre, this is a fine addition to their collections"
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— Le Télégramme.com
"...Il a deux amours: la Californie, où il vit, et la
Bretagne où il revit. Dans un livre à l'humour jubilatoire,
cet ancien opposant à la guerre du Vietnam raconte sa découverte
de la Bretagne. Et nous tend un miroir qui renvoie des images drôles
et pittoresques"
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— Heidi Senior, Univ. of Portland Library,
Library Journal Reviews
"charming ... a tribute to trusting one's fellow humans
and to the French love of problem solving..."
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— The Elle Lettres Readers Prize 2009 (Elle
Magazine, Dec. 2008)
First Place-Mark Greenside I'll Never Be French (Free Press);
reviewed by Jaime Herndon, Chapel Hill, NC
"California-based writer and teacher Mark Greenside won the
day with his wry account of how love left him stranded in a small
town in Brittany, France."
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— Barnes and Noble Reviews
"...he and his bemused neighbors came to understand and
appreciate one another, thus providing us with a visitor's passport
into the region already being touted as the next Tuscany."
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— Anne Glusker, Washington Post
"Greenside captures how an American in France trying to
accomplish the simplest of life's tasks can feel like a complete
and utter buffoon."
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— John McMurtrie, Chronicle Book Editor, San
Francisco Chronicle
"Greenside's book is an otherwise fun and high-spirited read
and proof that one is never too old to find true happiness in life.
Even among the French."
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— Elise Pearlman, Newsday
"His descriptions of Finistère ("the end of
the world") are glorious and should rightfully make this region
as popular a tourist destination as Provence."
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— Laurie Hertzel, Books Editor, Minneapolis-St.
Paul Star Tribune
"Greenside's observations are funny and generous, his encounters
with his beleaguered French insurance agent are hysterical, his
house sounds to die for...."
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— Cliff Bellamy, Durham-Chapel Hill Herald
Sun
"'I'll Never Be French' is Greenside's funny, uplifting and
delightful memoir of how he learns to love the ways of the French
people (without necessarily understanding their customs), without
a good working knowledge of their language....This book is recommended
to anyone who has been to France, or wants to go to France, or has
Breton roots in their past.
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— Jessica Harrison, Salt Lake City Deseret
News
"Greenside's 'joy of seeing and being part of this communal
experience' comes through in his writing, making 'I'll Never Be
French' a joy to read."
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— Javan Kienzle, Detroit Free Press Staff
Writer
"If you liked Peter Mayle's Provence, Tom Higgins' Lyons
('Spotted Dick S'il Vous Plait') or anywhere Bill Bryson went —
or even if you haven't read any of them — run, do not walk,
to the nearest copy of Mark Greenside's 'I'll Never Be French,'
a funny, funny book."
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— James Rowen, The Political Environment Blogspot
"Buy This Book, especially if you have traveled to Europe and
wondered, as you walked through little, picture-postcard-perfect
towns, 'What would it be like to buy a little place here?'"
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— Perspective (California Federation of Teachers
Community College Newsletter) October 2008 by Fred Glass
"Greenside is ruefully, often painfully aware of his outsider
status, and of the sharp limitations placed on normal adult effectiveness
when attempting to speak with the vocabulary and understanding of
a three year old. He has a great deal of respect for the rhythms
and rules of life in another culture."
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— Ann Tatko-Peterson, Oakland Tribune
"Greenside's story is much more than a tale of an American
living with little money in a country where he barely speaks the
language. It's humorous as he deals with cultural differences but
also heartwarming in his encounters and growing fondness for the
locals."
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— Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
"I'll Never Be French Has Deep VCCA Roots"
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