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Brittany with your family
Rhonda Carrier
Wiley Publishing, Inc.
www. Frommers.com
ISBN 978-0-470-05525-0
£12.99

A perfect partner for Normandy with your family reviewed in issue 9, this colourful guide to Brittany - 'from rural charm to seaside fun', like its companion book, is easily stored in pocket, handbag or in the smallest of glove compartments.

Brittany with your family takes the hard work out of planning an enjoyable holiday in Brittany with children, for it shares with you the best value places to stay, to eat and to entertain yourselves and your children. There are useful tips on where to find the best and safest of beaches in this part of France which boasts 750 miles of beautiful often rocky coastline. It also explores the most adventurous trails to follow, the best animal conservation parks and the best child-orientated places of interest. And, being written as recently as 2007, you can be sure that the information is still current.

Accommodation in the book is ranked according to price and value for money - critical for many families operating on a budget. Reference to the availability of high chairs, changing facilities and other child-friendly features is especially reassuring since this is book written by someone with children. A young mother herself, the author shares with you the secret of how to benefit from the very best that Normandy has to offer families. Having lived and worked in France, the information in Rhonda Carrier's book comes not only thoroughly researched, every minutiae of detail scrutinised, but also tried and tested.

A contemporary writer of considerable experience, her research informed yet spiced with amusing anecdotes, her advice practical, never condescending, Rhonda Carrier makes this not only an indispensible holiday guide but also an extremely interesting read in itself.