Ebook: The French house: an American family, a ruined maison, and the village that restored them all

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Map of Belle Île; Top Ten Facts about Belle Île; Instructions: Opening the House; Chapter One: Far Breton; Chapter Two: Le Grand Détour (Year Zero); Chapter Three: The Third Island; Chapter Four: At First Sight; Chapter Five: At Home Abroad: Four Easy Lists; Chapter Six: Summer Plans; Chapter Seven: Seeing and Believing; Chapter Eight: French Regulatory Style; Chapter Nine: The Black Book; Chapter Ten: The French Position; Chapter Eleven: Wards of the Village; Chapter Twelve: The Game of No; Chapter Thirteen: Belle Île-en-Hudson.;"Shortly after Don and Mindy Wallace move to Manhattan to jump-start their writing careers, they learn of a house for sale in a village they once visited on a tiny French island off the Brittany coast. Desperate for a life change, the Wallaces bravely (and impulsively) buy it almost sight unseen. What they find when they arrive is a ruin, and it isn't long before their lives begin to resemble it--with hilarious and heartwarming results."--Back cover.