Bonnes Vacances

Looks like not many tourists visit St Pierre et Miquelon, I mutter excitedly to Pip. That is why this trip is going to be so brilliant. He looks at me questioningly. I am distracted by Gabriel s unusually pallid face. Oh my God, he s going to be sick. Rosie set out on a tour of the French Overseas Departments and Territories (the Dom-Toms ) with her husband and four young children, partly to make a documentary series but also to show the children it is possible to survive fourteen weeks without Hannah Montana. From Martinique to R union, crossing five continents, they eat stewed iguana, 400 croissants and since the budget is small copious amounts of Campbell s soup. Candid, darkly humorous and slightly mad, cut with a dash of French history, this memoir offers insights, amusement and hope for anyone who has ever travelled en famille.