Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau are Canadian journalists and the award-winning authors of The Story of French, The Story of Spanish, and the bestselling Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't be Wrong. They live in Montreal.
'Whether you're an expat in France, or simply dream of living there one day, The Bonjour Effect is a helpful resource to cracking the arcane cultural code.' Ann Mah, author of Mastering the Art of French Eating 'This book confirms what the English have suspected for many years, that French is not so much a language as a dance, a ritual, a code to be cracked. The Bonjour Effect cracks it. David Boyle, author of How to be English 'The Bonjour Effect is an indispensable linguistic roadmap. A highly enjoyable romp through French culture and its language, written with wit and aplomb.' Debra Ollivier, best-selling author of What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart