Description: Why can speaking French fluently still leave you struggling to have a natural conversation with French people? Journalist and authors Julie Barlow and Jean-Benoît Nadeau explore the unwritten rules, cultural habits and social conventions that shape French conversation. Drawing on their experiences living in France, they explain topics the French love to debate, subjects that can be taboo and why being interesting often matters more than simply being polite. An entertaining guide to French language, culture and communication.