books 2016: Bringing Up Bébé, by Pamela Druckerman
Full title: Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting. Finished on 9/29/16.
I checked this out from the library and have been listening to it on my iPad, mostly as I walk home from the train station (listening in bed put me right to sleep, and listening on the train had a similar effect). I honestly don't know how long it's taken me to finish it, but I've had to renew it at least four times. That's not to say it wasn't a good book, though - I was really interested in Druckerman's discoveries about French parenting. Although at times the book falls into a too-easy "French people make smarter better parents than Americans" rhythm, I did think she had a lot of interesting points to make. I'd like to reread this, with my eyes next time, and see if I get more out of it.
Abby Craden did a great job reading the audiobook, by the way. She killed the French words and the various accents.
I checked this out from the library and have been listening to it on my iPad, mostly as I walk home from the train station (listening in bed put me right to sleep, and listening on the train had a similar effect). I honestly don't know how long it's taken me to finish it, but I've had to renew it at least four times. That's not to say it wasn't a good book, though - I was really interested in Druckerman's discoveries about French parenting. Although at times the book falls into a too-easy "French people make smarter better parents than Americans" rhythm, I did think she had a lot of interesting points to make. I'd like to reread this, with my eyes next time, and see if I get more out of it.
Abby Craden did a great job reading the audiobook, by the way. She killed the French words and the various accents.