The author of My French Life returns with a breathtaking, full-color tour of the culture and style unique to Provence My French Life told the story of Vicki Archer's life-changing move to France, during which she, with her husband and three children, bought and restored a seventeenth-century property in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. In her new book French Essence Vicki has again collaborated with celebrated photographer Carla Coulson to share her insider's view of life in Provence, revealing the secrets of how she immersed herself and her home in French customs, culture and style.