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To produce a friend is a happiness. To produce a friend in another country is a wonderment - a tiny miracle. Pardon My France comes after an American creator who have embraced a challenging mission: not to be a spectator in France but an enthusiastic participant - fully engaged, fully alive. In France, Johnson is similar to an alien from another planet. Everything is peculiar to him. His goal is to speak France without going to jail, drive without being squashed such as a bug, dance the tango without shedding his matrimony, and belt out a melody with a world-class jazz combo without being booed off the stage. Repeatedly, the author fearlessly steps into harm's way. He joins a summertime operating troop and witnesses the France version of sexual liberation. He pits his rather staid and typical driving skills against the French rate demons of Languedoc. He attempts to be cool in a painting school while sputtering nervously before the nude model with the long feet and silky tone of voice. And then, after everything - after the splendor of Holiday on the Mediterranean, the bicycle tours across the French canals, the hill treks amply supplied with French bread, parmesan cheese, and wines - the miracle happens. The often self-deprecating and bungling American matches and falls in love with a lovely mistress: La belle France. And when he does, a whole community adopts him into a fresh family - one with a gracious heart and soul and a lovely French accent.
