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This was such a beautifully honest chat, quite raw in places. I felt an instant warm connection to Christine Betts.
I have loved following Christine on social media for some time. Her posts connect me to Paris in a variety of ways. She is an author who has written a number of books set in Paris and has a particular style of writing that I find fascinating, with the meshing of historical fact and fiction with a bit of time travel mixed in.
Christine mentioned that her stories always have an old building/chateau/maison in the centre of the narrative. I have always felt that historical buildings have "talked" to me. I thought I was alone with this! Every time I'm in France I imagine who has been there before me and feel a lovely connection to the past.
I was amazed that Christine started to write when she was only 10, penning her first book at that time. She mentioned in one post I read that she wrote about a friend who had passed to ease the grief, so the loss wouldn't be so complete. As a reader I was quite affected by this one comment bringing me to tears. What a wonderful gift to help readers to find a new perspective with grief...
With music from Nouvelle Vague and chats about fabulous French food and regions to visit, this is a gorgeous chat about books, France, food and the joie de vivre!
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Louise Prichard is the host of the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast.
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Other Loulabelle's links:
FrancoFile Fix on YouTube
Loulabelle's FrancoFiles Spotify Playlist
Loulabelle's FrancoFiles Instagram
Loulabelle's FrancoFiles website
By Louise Prichard5
66 ratings
www.loulabellesfrancofiles.com
This was such a beautifully honest chat, quite raw in places. I felt an instant warm connection to Christine Betts.
I have loved following Christine on social media for some time. Her posts connect me to Paris in a variety of ways. She is an author who has written a number of books set in Paris and has a particular style of writing that I find fascinating, with the meshing of historical fact and fiction with a bit of time travel mixed in.
Christine mentioned that her stories always have an old building/chateau/maison in the centre of the narrative. I have always felt that historical buildings have "talked" to me. I thought I was alone with this! Every time I'm in France I imagine who has been there before me and feel a lovely connection to the past.
I was amazed that Christine started to write when she was only 10, penning her first book at that time. She mentioned in one post I read that she wrote about a friend who had passed to ease the grief, so the loss wouldn't be so complete. As a reader I was quite affected by this one comment bringing me to tears. What a wonderful gift to help readers to find a new perspective with grief...
With music from Nouvelle Vague and chats about fabulous French food and regions to visit, this is a gorgeous chat about books, France, food and the joie de vivre!
**
Louise Prichard is the host of the Loulabelle's FrancoFiles podcast.
**
Other Loulabelle's links:
FrancoFile Fix on YouTube
Loulabelle's FrancoFiles Spotify Playlist
Loulabelle's FrancoFiles Instagram
Loulabelle's FrancoFiles website

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