‘Looks like not many tourists visit St Pierre et Miquelon,’ I mutter excitedly to Pip. ‘That is why this trip is going to be so brilliant.’ He looks at me questioningly. I am distracted by Gabriel’s unusually pallid face. ‘Oh my God, he’s going to be sick.’ Rosie set out on a tour of the French Overseas Departments and Territories (the ‘Dom- Toms’) with her husband and four young children, partly to make a documentary series but also to show the children it is possible to survive fourteen weeks without Hannah Montana. From Martinique to Réunion, crossing five continents, they eat stewed iguana, 400 croissants and – since the budget is small – copious amounts of Campbell’s soup. Candid, darkly humorous and slightly mad, cut with a dash of French history, this memoir off ers insights, amusement and hope for anyone who has ever travelled en famille.
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'Filled with humorous anecdotes about travelling with a family and thoughtful insight… offers a refreshing take on the classic travelogue.' (France magazine )
'The maddest slice of France. Had me in stitches yet moving and touching too - how can one family have caused so much trouble?' (Jeremy Vine )
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'The maddest slice of France. Had me in stitches yet moving and touching too - how can one family have caused so much trouble?' (Jeremy Vine )
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By The Dame
Format:Paperback
Found it absorbing. But the more I got into it, the more I realized that I was experiencing a harrowing adventure, fraught with all kinds of anxieties and at times even terrors. Not exactly what I'd call a fun-filled family lark. However, many smiles and lots of laughs. The author's relationship with her husband comes across as very healthy and (mostly) supportive. It seems that's all that saves her at times - and she clearly loves her kids to pieces. She is a lively and entertaining writer. Highly recommended!
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By Ronnie
Format:Paperback
The pioneering adventures of Rosie, Pip (Le Directeur) and their 4 reluctant siblings, straight from the heart of Islington, N.1, through the little known French Colonial Territories or DOM TOMS scattered around the globe make for compulsive reading.
By courtesy of `The Travel Channel' this under funded, bizarre documentary is a true Comedy of Disasters. "Can it get any worse?" I ask myself through tears of laughter. I think the children would have totally agreed.
Only a British, dogged determination to `finish the trip', a strong survival instinct and a gloriously witty perception of the French psyche see them all safely back home, never, it would seem, to leave these Islands again.
By courtesy of `The Travel Channel' this under funded, bizarre documentary is a true Comedy of Disasters. "Can it get any worse?" I ask myself through tears of laughter. I think the children would have totally agreed.
Only a British, dogged determination to `finish the trip', a strong survival instinct and a gloriously witty perception of the French psyche see them all safely back home, never, it would seem, to leave these Islands again.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The book Bill Bryson would have wrote...if he travelled with children!
11 Aug 2011
Format:Paperback
I love Rosie's writing style: she is funny, affectionate and at all times tongue-in-cheek. If you want to understand the French, how they see the World and what they want their legacy to be...this is the book for you.
It is a view of a family ripped from their London Suburban life and transported across the World on a limited budget. They spend their time meeting Tribal Chiefs and Bad Hoteliers; eating giant lizards and stale croissants and most impressively of all, return home still one big family.
It was funny and uplifting; you will laugh out loud and be left with a lump in your throat. Most of all, you will wish that this was your family.
It is a view of a family ripped from their London Suburban life and transported across the World on a limited budget. They spend their time meeting Tribal Chiefs and Bad Hoteliers; eating giant lizards and stale croissants and most impressively of all, return home still one big family.
It was funny and uplifting; you will laugh out loud and be left with a lump in your throat. Most of all, you will wish that this was your family.
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Tres Bien!
I found Rosie Millard to be an extremely engaging writer and I love her sense of humour.
My favourite moments were the iguana stew meal (couldn't stop laughing),... Read more
My favourite moments were the iguana stew meal (couldn't stop laughing),... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Sid
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An interesting subject but badly written
I was very disappointed with this book. The subject matter is fascinating yet it is so badly written and comes across as one huge moan. Read more
Published 12 months ago by EMH
4.0 out of 5 stars
Much better than I anticipated
I was sent a copy of this book by the Mumsnet website and didn't have high hopes for it, not least because it is marketed in a way that makes it very unclear the family aren't just... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Baffled
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Don't waste your money
I hated this book. The topic had so much potential but Rosie Millard turned an amazing opportunity into one excruciating whinge. She sounds like a rude, ungrateful spoilt brat. Read more
Published 16 months ago by ShelleyM
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not for me
Bought this because I too am thinking of taking my family away. But Iwas disappointed and a little irritated by the tone and attitude of the writer. Read more
Published 19 months ago by J. Chin
5.0 out of 5 stars
Baguettes and baggage
The real stars of this book are Millard's four children and her struggles to amuse them on endless long-haul flights and in various Dom-Toms with giant cockroaches, overflowing... Read more
Published 19 months ago by J. P. S. May
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must read family adventure
This is such an enjoyable book about travelling with children. But Rosie Millard and her film-maker husband Pip's epic tour of the DOM-TOMs (mini Frances in lots of different... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Eco bunny
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