A #1 bestseller in France, this is a nostalgic portrait of a French scholarship student s discovery of America during the academic year of 1954 1955.
I wanted to fit in. I wanted to be American, like any ordinary student, because I figured that was my only chance to survive the immense loneliness looming ahead of me. I was elated to be there, in that remote Virginia alley, on that college campus. I was elated because back there, far away in France, my brothers would never experience this. And the school friends I left behind they too were missing out on this tremendous...

Senfgurken mit Schokolade, Apfelsinen mit Zwiebeln: Stéphanie hat seltsame Essgewohnheiten. Für sie wiederum gibt die Welt der Erwachsenen Rätsel auf. Stéphanie vertraut ihrem Tagebuch die Schwierigkeiten an, die sie immer wieder mit den Eltern und in der Schule hat.