Andrea Bouchaud

Andrea Bouchaud The Paris You Don’t See in Guidebooks: Uncovered, Uncensored and Unapologetic with New Book on Living and Studying Abroad in Paris DALLAS, TX- April 11, 2014 release date – A new study abroad e-book shows students exactly what the experience of daily living in Paris is like while adjusting to life with an unpleasant host family, French language inadequacy, a new college experience, unanticipated French cultural characteristics, and concerns about an undetermined future. In The Paris Diaries: The Study Abroad Experience Uncensored, ($5.99, Kindle Direct Publishing, April 2014), author Andrea Bouchaud shares her daily personal struggles and triumphs with immersion into French culture, language and college system to provide future study abroad students with realistic expectations of the Parisian study abroad experience to maximize their success. This refreshingly honest memoir doesn’t just show you how being unprepared for the study abroad experience can demoralize your time abroad; It shows exactly what it feels like to be a foreigner struggling to understand the French culture, language, and college experience while figuring out an uncertain future away from the comfort of loved ones. In The Paris Diaries: The Study Abroad Experience Uncensored, Bouchaud offers an intimate look at her personal experience as a student in Paris that will help students, expats, and travelers to discover: • The beauty and magic of living in and walking around Paris • The difficulties of living with host family due to generation gap, cultural differences and language barrier and how to make the best of this living arrangement • How insufficient cultural and linguistic preparations can foster misunderstanding and unrealistic expectations of the host country • Typical 20 year old concerns about the future and love don’t go away because your overseas "Paris is a great city but not always an easy one," says Bouchaud. "Living in Paris is a dream come true but the right preparations and attitude are critical to a successful, stress-free experience. I share my story to show travelers, expats and students the information they need to have the best time in Paris." Andrea Bouchaud studied abroad for an academic year in Paris. Her passion for studying abroad includes weekly column Twenty in Paris on studentuniverse.com, guest posts and her own blog on www.twentyinparis.net. The Paris Diaries: The Study Abroad Experience Uncensored (($5.99, e-book) will be available on Amazon’s Kindle store. For more information visit www.twentyinparis.net Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is one of the leading e-book publishers in the world. For more information, please visit https://kdp.amazon.com/self-publishing/signin

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