French Women Don't Sleep Alone: Pleasurable Secrets to Finding Love

by Jamie Cat Callan

Book Overview

A feel-good book about relationships that will dramatically change women's approach to men and dating. What Mireille Guiliano's French Women Don't Get Fat did for dieting, Jamie Callan's French Women Don't Sleep Alone does for romance and love. Her witty and insightful look at the love lives of French women encourages women everywhere to stop torturing themselves with fad relationship advice and learn to cultivate and enjoy the pleasures of love,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806530693
• ISBN13: 9780806530697
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

No, they certainly do not.

French women, throughout history, have been the epitome of chic. They know how to dress, how to eat to not gain weight and, obviously, how to seduce men. It's just a different culture and because of that, it intrigues Americans like myself. While I have read many dating books in the past, many of them don't focus on what this one does and it focuses on how French women know how to get men. They don't date, per se, because they don't have to. They are seduced and romanced; it's like their birthright or something. Therefore, there is a lot to be gleamed from this book. Taking it's simple principals and applying it to my life, I can already tell that this is the way to go. Of course, there will be some tweaking! I am using it in conjction with some others, most notablly Man Magnet: How to Be the Best Woman You Can Be in Order to Get the Best Man-A Guide To Dating (Revised Edition).

Fun and Fast Read With Great Life Tips

Sometimes a book can just strike you at the right moment. That's the way it was for me when I picked up a copy of Jamie Cat Callan's "French Women Don't Sleep Alone." I started reading and finished within two hours. I smiled all the way through. Unlike some of the other Francophile lifestyle books like "French Women Don't Get Fat" and "Entre Nous: A Woman's Guide to Finding Her Inner French Girl," "French Women Don't Sleep Alone" may masquerade as pure fun, but the tips accrued by Callan in her efforts to understand the mystique of her French grandmother can be utilized by American women who have spent too much time becoming empowered rivals to their male counterparts rather than real flesh and blood women and mean more to its reader than learning how to tie a scarf, wear a pencil skirt and heels, eat small bites and leave food on your plate. Callan is so right when she simply restates what is as plain as the nez on your visage: Men and women are different. Well, duh . . . Well, serious duh! We are different, however, for the last forty years we have been trying to be the same. We burnt our bras - (I didn't--I need mine) and let down our guards by `being honest' and `telling it like it is' (yes, I have been guilty of this.) But to what avail? Has it done us any good? Are we more enlightened or do we just become extremely cynical, eat more ice cream and kvetsh about the ten pounds we have gained? We complain about our men and try to change them--make them into sensitive women! Yes, we do. We want to be included in and consulted on everything they do, but then we scream when we discover that we have trained them to do absolutely nothing. We've made it too easy. Callan concentrates her study on the French woman, but I think her comments encompass most Europeans. American women want their men to understand them while European women relish the fact that they don't. The worlds of men and women are different. Why not enjoy ours and let them enjoy theirs? What are we afraid that we will miss? Nothing that we actually want. Wisely, Callan comments on the overt sexuality and celebrity worshiping generations of younger women that show it all while wishing they were someone else. European women know how to dress--classic pieces paired with something eclectic--a show of leg, maybe some cleavage, but never both at once. Elegant yet fun. Jeans that fit right, not the ones that some superstar wore. So what's the secret that French women know that has eluded us on the other side of the pond? Once we find our mates we expect to be joined at the hip. We give up all our mystery; recount little things that bore us let alone our men. Instead of developing that woman that our man fell in love with in the first place, we become complacent and lazy, expecting to be entertained rather than independently continuing to grow while on our own paths. We expect one path to encompass two people and that really doesn't make any sense at all

Wonderful book

What a lovely book this is. Charming, intelligently written, full of very useful and interesting information. The French Woman in question is not a real person but rather a collection of traits; the book is about discovering your inner French Woman, which equals confidence, self-respect, discretion and charm. I highly recommend this book to any woman of any age or nationality, who is interested in re-discovering her femininity and finding true happiness.

Smart & Sassy

Jamie Cat Callan's sage advice has opened my eyes and improved my overall appearance. Now I think twice before leaving the house in some old sweatshirt and jeans. She offers tips on how French women stay sexy right till the end. And I want some of that.

A great read - whoever you are!!

I bought this book because I enjoyed Jamie Callan's "Hooking up or holding out." This one was even more entertaining, and I could't resist reading it all at once. Each chapter gave me ideas on how to live a happier life - recipes for yummy dishes (I tried the coq au vin last weekend) building meaningful friendships (starting with lots of dinner parties - sounds good to me!) and taking care of yourself. It is so much more than dating advice, and I would recommend it to men and women wherever you are in life!! I hope the next installment comes soon....