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 VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, July 7
Review + Giveaway at Mommasez…

Tuesday,  July 8
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at
Queen of All She Reads

Wednesday, July 9
Review + Interview + Giveaway at
An Accidental Blog

Thursday, July 10
Review + Giveaway at I Am, Indeed

Friday, July 11
Review + Giveaway at
Musings of a Writer and Unabashed Francophile

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And we had 2 winners

Patricia
Esme

for

From Here to Paris

Visit Cris Hammond’s awesome websites:
www.rainbowsend-cartoons.com
www.crishammond.com

Keep in touch with him:
Contact page  |  Goodreads

This is a very fun and inspiring memoir that received also great reviews during the tour, just imagine, leaving everything to live on a barge in France! Perfect smart Summer read! It is also our July Book of the Month
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SYNOPSIS

This is the story of becoming suddenly unemployed, nearing 60 and being forced to face up to the fact that life is about to change drastically. It’s about discovering that your life can fall apart just enough to allow you to put it back together again in a whole new way.

This is the story of tossing the briefcase, cutting up the credit cards, selling the house and buying an 80 year old Dutch barge in France, then setting sail for Paris. It’s a joyful and funny tale of stepping off the beaten path to live a dream that you’d thought you’d forgotten: Living on a barge in the middle of Paris. [Goodreads]

VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, June 23
Spotlight + Giveaway at Literary Chanteuse

Tuesday, June 24
Review + Excerpt + Giveaway at Book Nerd

Review + Giveaway at Wildmoo Books

Wednesday, June 25
Review + Giveaway at The French Village Diaries

Thursday, June 26
Review + Giveaway at An Accidental Blog

Friday, June 27
Review at Lisa’s Yarns

Tuesday, July 1st
Review + Interview + Giveaway
at Books Are Cool

Wednesday, July 2
Review + Giveaway at Words And Peace

 

 

Marcia DeSanctis on Tour: 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go

100 Places banner

Author

Marcia DeSanctis

on Tour

October 27-November 5, 2014

with

100 Places cover

100 Places in France
Every Woman Should Go

[travel essays]

 Release date: October 21, 2014
at Travelers’ Tales

380 pages

ISBN: 978-1609520823

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SYNOPSIS

Told in a series of stylish, original essays, 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go is for the serious Francophile, for the woman dreaming of a trip to Paris, and for those who love crisp stories well-told. Like all great travel writing, this volume goes beyond the guidebook and offers insight not only about where to go but why to go there. Combining advice, memoir and meditations on the glories of traveling through France, this book is the must-have in your carry-on when flying to Paris.

Award-winning writer Marcia DeSanctis draws on years of travels and living in France to lead you through vineyards, architectural treasures, fabled gardens and contemplative hikes from Biarritz to Deauville, Antibes to the French Alps. These 100 entries capture art, history, food, fresh air and style and along the way, she tells the stories of fascinating women who changed the country’s destiny. Ride a white horse in the Camargue, find Paris’ hidden museums, try thalassotherapy in St. Malo, and buy raspberries at Nice’s Cour Saleya market. From sexy to literary, spiritual to simply gorgeous, 100 Places in France Every Woman Should Go is an indispensable companion for the smart and curious traveler to France. [provided by the author]

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

 

Photo credit: Ron Haviv

Photo credit: Ron Haviv

 

Marcia DeSanctis is a former television news producer for Barbara Walters, NBC and CBS News.
She has written essays and articles for numerous publications including Vogue, Marie Claire, Town & Country, O the Oprah Magazine, Departures, and The New York Times Magazine.
Her essays have been widely anthologized and she is the recipient of three Lowell Thomas Awards for excellence in travel journalism,
as well as a Solas Award for best travel writing.
She holds a degree from Princeton University in Slavic Languages and Literature and a Masters in Foreign Policy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

Visit her website. Follow her on Facebook, and Twitter 

Buy the book: Amazon, on Travelers’ Tales.

New York Times Best-Sellers list for Travel!

Click on the link to see the list

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VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR SCHEDULE

Monday, October 27
Review + Giveaway at The Fictional 100

Tuesday, October 28
Review + Giveaway at Readerbuzz

Wednesday, October 29
Review + Giveaway at An Accidental Blog

Thursday, October 30
Excerpt + Giveaway at Words And Peace

Saturday, November 1
Review + Giveaway at I’d Rather Be At The Beach
Review at Library Educated

Sunday, November 2
Review at Words And Peace

Monday, November 3
Review + Giveaway at Chocolate And Croissants

Tuesday, November 4
Interview  at  Jorie Loves A Story

Wednesday, November 5
Review + Giveaway at  Griperang’s Bookmarks
Review + Giveaway at The Discerning Reader

Thursday, November 6
Review  at  Jorie Loves A Story

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You can enter the giveaway here
or on the book blogs participating in this tour.
Be sure to follow each participant on Twitter,
they are listed in the entry form below
.

Visit each blogger on the tour:
tweeting about the giveaway everyday of the Tour
will give you 5 extra entries each time!
[just follow the directions on the entry-form]

Entry-Form

1 US resident
will win a print copy of this book

July Book of the month giveaway

This month,
we have an awesome memoir,
an invitation to quit the rat race
and enjoy every moment
on a barge in France!

Great to read in summer!

Click on the book cover
to know more about it
and to read each enthusiastic review

From Here to Paris

Just fill in the form below to enter the giveaway.

But if you can’t wait to read it,
you can always buy it,
the ebook is only $4.99

I will ask Random.org to draw 1 winner on August 1st


Good luck!

Remember
for each book you review or interview you post
for France Book Tours,
you automatically receive 3 entries into the monthly giveaway
to win the featured book of the month
OR a $15 gift card of your choice!

Notes:

* If you have problems entering the giveaway, please send me an email at france book tours at [gmail] dot {com]. Include in it:

  1. the title of the book you are entering to win – write this in the subject to be sure I don’t think your email is spam
  2. the email address you use to subscribe to this blog by email [after you enter your email address in the top right corner to follow my blog by email, you will receive an email confirmation. If you do not confirm, your subscription will not show as active, and I will not be able to count your entry in the giveaway]
  3. the url of your tweet of this giveaway, for an extra entry.

* when you enter a giveaway, I keep your email address only until a winner has been chosen and has confirmed. After that, I delete the form where your answers were stored during the duration of the giveaway. If you win and you email me your mailing address, I delete this email and its information as soon as I have mailed you the book.