April 2025 Newsletter

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Volume 9, Number 3,  April, 2025

Dear Friends,

I’m writing, as I promised, because I’m excited to show you the cover for my new book about living in France, I Am Finally, Finally French. The cover follows the cover of my previous book, (not quite) Mastering the Art of French Living, though the book itself is closer to and follows the journey that began in I’ll Never Be French. Please, let me know if you like it. You can also let me know if you don’t like it, though there’s not much I can do about it now.

Below are the covers of all my books: the American, French, Polish, and Hungarian versions of I’ll Never Be… and (not quite) Mastering… plus my first book, a collection of love, almost love, and not so lovely love stories, and my dystopian novella that Donna and most of the women I know hate, and adolescent boys and men in their 40s, 50s, 60s 70s, and 80s seem to enjoy.

    My new book, I Am Finally, Finally French, is now available to pre-order. Please, if you can, do so. Pre-ordering helps the publisher decide the number of books they will print in the first printing: the more pre-orders, the more books they will print. Pre-ordering also increases the odds of the book getting newspaper and magazine reviews, which are harder and harder to get, as newspaper and magazine book review sections are smaller and fewer. Thank you. So, visit your local bookstores to pre-order a copy, or click the button below.

            Next time, I will tell you about a revised version of the contest I had when (not quite) Mastering… was published. This one is even better….. 

            Please, feel free to share this newsletter with anyone. If you’d like to read previous newsletters, they are available on my website and on Substack.

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,

Mark

Copyright © 2025 Mark Greenside
Black and white Illustrations by Kim Thoman

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