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|title=French Lessons

|author=Ellen Sussman

|publisher=Canvas

|date=July 2012

|website=http://www.ellensussman.com/

|summary=Three Americans walk the streets of Paris with their French tutors, and get an education in more than just the language.

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There are six main characters in this book which is really three stories in one. Nico, Philippe and Chantal know each other, and Nico knows Josie, and Philippe knows Riley, and Chantal knows Jeremy, but Josie and Riley and Jeremy don’t know each other or anyone else. The first three are French tutors who have private lessons with their foreign students on the streets of Paris, using the city as a better backdrop for learning than a stuffy classroom. This week they each have Americans engaging their services, and over the course of one day the lives of students and teachers all change in ways they never expected.