Ebook {Epub PDF} Fools Gold by Jane S. Smith

A first novel of high comedy about would-be artists, art theorists, and trend-setters vacationing in Provence, from an author respected for her serious nonfiction (Patenting the Sun, , etc.).  · Jane S. Smith is the author of Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and of Elsie De Wolfe: A Life in the High Style, a National Book Critics Circle finalist. She lives in Evanston, Illinois. Fool's Gold is 5/5(9). Fool's Gold is a savvy farce about pretension and greed, a tongue-in-cheek reply to anyone under the spell of sunny vineyards and colorful peasants, from Van Gogh to Peter Mayle. Jane S. Smith is the author of Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.

Fool's Gold is one of the best contemporary novels that I have read. It describes the extremely realistic (or were they) adventures of a NYC family who attempt to rediscover themselves in the South of France by renting a villa that turns out to be right next to a major highway. This book is actually not Jane Smith's first work of fiction. Fool's Gold by Jane S. Smith. Steerforth Press, Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend www.doorway.ru jacket quality is not guaranteed. Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Fool's Gold by Jane S. Smith (, Trade Paperback, Reprint) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

Jane S. Smith writes about the intersection of science, natural history, and popular culture. Her books have covered topics from the pioneering career of tastemaker Elsie de Wolfe to the development of the first polio vaccine, the long history of domesticated chickens, and the influential career of plant inventor Luther Burbank. Free Kindle ePUB or Windows New in paperback, Jane Smith s hilarious novel of artistic pretensions and inflated egos in sunny Provence Vivian Hart, dismissed from her job, moves with her family to grimly traffic choked and commercialized Provence, where they discover, as have so many before them, that all that glitters is not gold A witty rejection of every romantic fantasy ever spun about. Fool's Gold. by. Jane S. Smith. · Rating details · 23 ratings · 3 reviews. New in paperback, Jane Smith's hilarious novel of artistic pretensions and inflated egos in sunny Provence. Vivian Hart, dismissed from her job, moves with her family to grimly traffic-choked and commercialized Provence, where they discover, as have so many before them, that all that glitters is not gold.