A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR DOES I LOVE YOU' EVEN MEAN THE SAME THING AS JE T'AIME'? When Lauren Collins met a Frenchman at a party one night in London she had no idea that she would one day wake up to find herself married to him living in Geneva Feeling almost voiceless in French-speaking Switzerland Lauren was no longer able to order a salad let alone talk to her husband's parents But a language barrier was no match for love A smart funny & thoughtful look at how language shapes our lives When in French shows what happens when two languages & two very different cultures collide