Tout Sweet
Hanging Up My Heels for a New Life in France
by Karen Wheeler
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Pub Date Feb 05 2010 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012
Description
Perfect reading if you've ever dreamed of chucking away your BlackBerry in favour of real blackberrying and downshifting to a simpler life abroad.
Set on the Ile de Ré and the Poitou-Charentes, TOUT SWEET is a feel-good tale of a former newspaper fashion editor who hangs up her high heels to renovate a village house in France. In her mid-thirties the author had it all: a successful career as a fashion editor, handsome boyfriend, fab flat in west London and a gorgeous array of shoes. But when her significant other leaves, she wonders if there is more to life than a collection of great accessories. So, she hangs up her Manolos and waves goodbye to her city lifestyle, moving to France to renovate a run-down house in rural Poitou-Charentes, western France.
There she encounters a host of new friends and unsuitable suitors, soon learning that true happiness can be found in the simplest of things - a bike ride through the countryside on a summer evening, or six glasses of pineau in a neighbour 's garden.
KAREN WHEELER is an award-winning fashion and beauty writer. A former Fashion Editor of The Mail on Sunday in the UK, she has interviewed many of fashion’s top names and her work has appeared in The Daily Mail, The Sunday Times Style, and numerous international luxury goods magazines. She is based in France, where she is currently working on her second book Tout Allure.
Advance Praise
Praise for Karen Wheeler
"Summery stuff for singleton chick-lit readers, especially those still dreaming of the possibilité of downshifting." The Bookseller
"I gulped it down in one day, recognising the area from her vivid descriptions, & snorting with laughter and with agreement, as she nailed the experience of being a single Englishwoman in a small provincial French village." LibertyLondonGirl.blogspot.com
"very entertaining." French Magazine.
: "You cannot help but be charmed by Karen's story, her natural enthusiasm, her natural enthusiasm and her fun personality ... Karen's book stands out by its inherent humour, quality of writing and engaging tone that leaves one wishing for more of her adventures ...will make you laugh out loud ... once I started reading it I was hooked ..." The Ballymena and Anrtrim Times
"With wit and style, Karen chronicles her radical lifestyle change ... Karen writes in an engaging honest style ... the author is a glowing advert for the benefits of downshifting to a rural idyll." Scotland's New Home buyer
"She touches on a range of themes from renovation to travel and romance to fashion, with considerable élan and bon mots." The Traveller in France
"has delightful moments which will cause you to cringe, laugh, smile and gasp. It is written in a light-hearted way and is perfect for those days when you need to escape from the rat race but can't afford the airfare." The Cambrian News
"In this autobiography, ex-fashion editor Karen Wheeler tells the story of how, when her boyfriend left her, she decided to jack it all in, leaving her job and flat in London to move to a run-down house in rural France for a fresh start. Crack open the vin rouge, unwrap the Brie and prepare to daydream." Look
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781552788462 |
| PRICE | 0.00 |
| PAGES | 320 |
