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Vanina Marsot was raised in Cairo, Paris, and Los Angeles. Bilingual in English and French, she was raised by academic parents who instilled in her a keen passion for travel.

After completing her undergraduate degree at Swarthmore College, she moved to Paris, where she worked at Jean-Paul Gaultier, managed a commercial photography studio, and taught English to business executives.

Eventually, she returned to Los Angeles, where she worked at Paramount Pictures. While toiling in the Hollywood vortex, she began to write fiction. She left Paramount to obtain an MFA from Bennington College, where she completed a collection of short stories.

While spending time in Paris researching her first novel, 'Foreign Tongue,' she began translating French f ...more

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Average rating: 3.42 · 462 ratings · 97 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Foreign Tongue: A Novel of Life and Love in Paris 3.42 avg rating — 462 ratings — published 2009 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiction: Window on the World (2009): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books by Muriel Barbery, Donna Rifkind (Narrator), Vanina Marsot 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sometimes you don't get closure. Sometimes people leave and don't say goodbye.”
― Vanina Marsot, Foreign Tongue: A Novel of Life and Love in Paris

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“When running away, I recommend arriving with keys. Makes you feel like you're actually in control of the situation instead of on the lam from your life.”
― Vanina Marsot, Foreign Tongue: A Novel of Life and Love in Paris

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“Her eyes shone with unshed tears, but it didn't matter. I didn't believe them.”
― Vanina Marsot

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