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She grew up in the west midlands, england, and studied french and spanish. She lived for a period in france and spain teaching english. He decides to set himself up as a matchmaker instead. Julia stuart s the matchmaker of perigord is a wonderfully quirky mix of opposites old and new, hilarity and melancholy, mystic fancy and pragmatism. The matchmaker of perigord home is where the boat is. The matchmaker of perigord when barber guillaume ladoucette makes the depressing discovery that most of his customers are going bald he decides it is time for a change of career and sets himself up as a matchmaker. The matchmaker of perigord by julia stuart im joining jain at food for thought, a delicious blog for readers with an appetite for the written word.
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