Reviewed by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Midwest Book Review Expected reviews from Library Journal and Booklist Announcement and review promised on Secrets of Paris website and newsletter (60,000 visits/month; newsletter with 22,000 subscribers; 11,000 Facebook followers) Email announcement to mailing lists: American Association of Teachers of French (10,000 members); H-France (teachers/scholars of French history, 4000 members); Francofil (mixed academic and general “French” interest, 2500 members) Press release produced by Carleton College, connecting with local media and thousands of College alumni Mentions of the publication from venues that have published earlier versions of the essays: Catapult, The Rumpus, Lowestoft Chronicle, Mark Twain House website/Facebook page, etc. Midwest Connections Pick Program (promoted in 70 regional bookstores, special seal, discount on holiday catalogue, etc.) Distribution of approximately 150 ARCs to national reviewers, regional booksellers, reviewers, and bloggers Nominations for Midwest Booksellers Choice Awards, American Library in Paris Book Prize, Readers Choice Awards, Minnesota Book Award, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, Travel Book of the Year Award, IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award, Independent Publisher Book Awards, the Thurber Prize, ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award Launch events at Carleton College, Book Passage in Marin County, CA 10-15 regional bookseller and library events May-Sept., 2020 Reading at American Library in Paris. Outreach to regional Alliance Française offices (Minneapolis, Chicago, San Francisco), as well as to the French consulate (Chicago, San Francisco) Headline the BOND book event St. Louis Park, MN Possible New York Review of Books advertisement (special pricing for small presses)

When Scott Carpenter moves from Minnesota to Paris, little does he suspect the dramas that await: scheming neighbors, police denunciations, surly demonstrators, cooking disasters, medical mishaps—not to mention all those lectures about cheese! It turns out that nothing in the City of Light can be taken for granted, where even trips to the grocery store lead to adventure. In French Like Moi, Carpenter guides us through the merry labyrinth of the everyday, one hilarious faux pas after another. Through it all, he keeps his eye on the central mystery of what makes the French French (and Midwesterners Midwestern).