"The Bonjour Effect: The Secret Codes of French Conversation Revealed" by Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoit Nadeau
Just finished this book. Great read.
The book is fantastic in learning on how French view the language, politics, friendship, and race relations.
The book, I am sure, would be an eye opener for many Americans.
P.S. The Category list of the Books forum should have an item Culture (IMHO). Because I could not find any other category which fits this particular book.
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