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The runaway New York Times bestseller that shows American parents the secrets behind Frances amazingly well-behaved childrenWhen American journalist Pamela Druckerman had a baby in Paris, she didnt aspire to become a French parent. But she noticed that French children slept through the night by two or three months old. They ate braised leeks. They played by themselves while their parents sipped coffee. And yet French kids were still boisterous, curious, and creative. Why HowWith a notebook stashed in her diaper bag, Druckerman set out to investigateand wound up sparking a national debate on parenting. Researched over three years and written in her warm, funny voice, Bringing Up Bb is deeply wise, charmingly told, and destined to become a classic resource for American parents.
About the Author
Pamela Druckerman is an American journalist and the author of Bringing Up Bébé (The Penguin Press: 2012) ; the U.K. version of the same book - French Children Don't Throw Food (Doubleday UK: 2012) ; and Lust In Translation (The Penguin Press: 2007) .From 1997 to 2002 she was a staff reporter at The Wall Street Journal, based in Buenos Aires, São Paulo and New York. Her Op-eds and articles have since appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Observer, the Financial Times, New York Magazine, Monocle and Marie Claire. She has been a commentator on the Today Show, National Public Radio, Public Radio International, Al Jazeera International, BBC Women's Hour, the CBC, CNBC, and Oprah. com. Pamela has a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University. She has studied (with varying degrees of success) French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Hebrew, and has trained in improvisational comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade and Chicago City Limits. She lives in Paris.
