The Cats and the Water Bottles by David L Bouchier

The Cats and the Water Bottles by David L Bouchier

Life in a French Village Like any new immigrants, we arrived with many anxieties. How would we live here, so far from the familiar culture and comforts of Long Island? Would we be able to manage life's basic survival tasks like understanding the TV schedule, making friends with the neighborhood cats, and finding a bakery that had really good croissants? This is a good example of how we always worry about the wrong things. Croissants were not a problem: there was a bakery at each end of our street. The TV was so exceptionally bad that the schedule was irrelevant, and the local cats were rather more friendly than was strictly necessary. From: The Cats and the Water Bottles David and his wife Diane spent their sabbatical in a small village in the south of France. In this book, which he describes as An antidote to Peter Mayle, recounts stories of their encounters with the villagers, village cats and village culture. Language problems, travels in France at Italy and reflections on French life make up this entertaining collection of essays about how it feels to become a foreigner.

David Bouchier is the award-winning essayist for National Public Radio Stations WSHU & WSUF in Fairfield, Connecticut, and hosts the Sunday afternoon classical music program Sunday Matinee on the same stations. For ten years he contributed a regular humor column called Out of Order for the Long Island section of the Sunday New York Times, and has published fiction and non-fiction in many literary and political magazines. Born in London, David has worked as a journalist, broadcaster, and college teacher on both sides of the Atlantic. His latest book of essays, A Few Well Chosen Words, was published in 2007. Other recent books include a collection of essays about life in America, The Song Of Suburbia, published in 2002 (reprinted 2007); stories of life in a French village, The Cats and the Water Bottles, also published in 2002; and Writer at Work (2005), a semi-autobiographical compendium of advice and philosophical reflections. He lives in Stony Brook, Long Island with his wife - a professor at Stony Brook University - and two non-intellectual cats. David has always divided his life between writing and teaching. He began as a print journalist in England, and later taught university there for almost twenty years. After coming to the United States in 1986 he continued to teach, and joined WSHU as a weekly commentator in 1992, becoming host of Sunday Matinü¾Ž–”¼e in 1996. His latest book of essays, A Few Well Chosen Words, was published in 2007. Other books include a collection of essays about life in America, The Song Of Suburbia, published in 2002 (reprinted 2007); stories of life in a French village, The Cats and the Water Bottles, also published in 2002; and Writer at Work (2005), a semi-autobiographical compendium of advice and philosophical reflections. He lives in Stony Brook, Long Island, and occasionally in France, with his wife who is a professor at SUNY Stony Brook, and two un-musical cats. He lives in Stony Brook, Long Island, and in a village near Uzü¾Ž†”¼s, France, with his wife who is a professor at Stony Brook University, and two resolutely un-musical cats.

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ISBN 13	9780595253371
ISBN 10	0595253377
Title	The Cats and the Water Bottles
Author	David L Bouchier
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	iUniverse
Year published	2002-10-27
Number of pages	152
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