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title: The French House (30 of 50)
description: The French House is a great book, according to Nathanael Yellis, but don't read it on your vacation.
image: https://www.yell.is/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/18509632.jpg
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![](https://www.yell.is/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/18509632.jpg)

Don't read a masterpiece like this when you're on vacation. Just don't do it. As you smell and taste summers and early autumns in the French Atlantic coast, you'll think that buying a summer cottage is a good idea. And why wouldn't it be, in August when you're in Maine for a long week?

[![The French House: An American Family, a Ruined Maison, and the Village That Restored Them All](https://www.yell.is/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/18509632.jpg)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18509632-the-french-house)[The French House: An American Family, a Ruined Maison, and the Village That Restored Them All](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18509632-the-french-house) by [Don Wallace](https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7304002.Don_Wallace)  
My rating: [4 of 5 stars](https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1057706486)

Can a village be a character? As any good urbanist will tell you, yes obviously and necessarily.

This village is a good character in a well-written memoir.

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