Feature Story in the Los Angeles Times: "[Ollivier is] ideally suited to contrast and compare the two cultures that seem to fascinate -- and irritate -- each other."
"A Gallic prescription for living a life that is richer, more sensual, messier, and a lot more fun." "Ollivier is sure to dazzle any reader with a fondness for French women with this batch of anecdotes and corresponding hypotheses, drizzled with a winning combination of sarcasm and wit." "Why is it everyone finds French women so sexy? Why are French women so fascinating? Why so chic? Why so thin? Ollivier has some answers..." "Les French Women n’ont pas fini de faire jaser. Debra Ollivier révèle à ses consoeurs américaines ce que savent les femmes françaises sur la passion dans son nouveau livre What French Women know, about love, sex and other matter of the heart and mind." "We all know about the French paradox when it comes to food, but what about everything else? An intriguing new book on the subject of love and life is What French Women Know. Narrated by the author, the book is a real eye-opener..." "French women, ridiculously famous for not getting fat, also know the secret to appreciating men, being at home in their own skin, enjoying sex, food, parenting and accepting with esprit the imperfections of living. What French Women Know is a sharp-eyed and witty examination of the French mystique – a fascinating alternative to how we Americans view love and sex.” "A clever, liberating book. Ollivier upends the conventional wisdom on relationships and offers a more realistic, more playful and surely a more satisfying model…If we all just followed Ollivier's sage advice, the battle of the sexes could be declared a truce." Delightful and instructive. Debra Ollivier has written a smart and sexy book that finally explains why French women are so ....smart and sexy.”
"Every American woman over 21 should read this book--a 12-step program for living La Vie En Rose. Written with arch intelligence and light-handed irony, Debra Ollivier's uncanny understanding of the French woman is apparent from the start - - it's impossible to put down . Delicious, smart and not at all fattening. Learn how French women do it – put their Carpe before their Diem.”
"In What French Women Know, Debra Ollivier, who as an American married to a Frenchman has had plenty of time to study la femme française, successfully takes on the tough task of depicting the French woman as she is and not as cultural stereotypes would make her out to be: a relentlessly slim, self-assured, sexy, exotic paragon of perfection. By the time American women reading this informative page-turner finish the book, they may envy - or not envy, like - or not like, the French women but at least they'll have a clear idea of what she thinks about love, sex, and other matters of heart and mind. That include a host of cultural differences, from her relaxed approach to cooking (from scratch), children (not babyproofing her home), and sex (seeing herself as a sexual creature well after the age of 50). Vive la France and congratulations to Debra Ollivier for penetrating the mystique of what French women know with humor and distance."
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