Trouble, travel, culture, and contradictions – ah, Paris! This urban antidote to A Year in Provence is a laugh-out-loud account by a Brit who is hired by a French company to open a chain of British tea rooms in the City of Light. But the world of the Seine bears no resemblance to the country across the Channel. "Sharp-tongued [and] funny... a pleasant fondue of humor and folly for the ear."—AudioFile