Lyon, France – Finding Our Way in France: An American Couple’s Life in Lyon presents the experience of international relocation through the combined perspectives of Barbara Powell and Joseph Doniach, whose professional backgrounds shaped the way they documented three and a half years of life in France.
The memoir combines travel writing with detailed observations of adapting to a different administrative, cultural, and social environment. Drawing from observations first recorded in a personal blog for family and friends, the book follows the couple’s move from Palo Alto, California, to Lyon and documents the routines, systems, and decisions that became part of everyday life abroad.
Barbara Powell draws on her experience as a former local government professional and lifelong traveler. Her first extended journey outside the United States began while attending the University of Oregon, when she backpacked across Europe at age 20. That experience inspired decades of travel and eventually the decision to relocate overseas after retirement.
Joseph Doniach contributes the disciplined perspective developed during a forty-year career as an airline captain. Raised in the United Kingdom before emigrating to the United States as a teenager, he continued a family tradition of international travel throughout his professional life. His aviation career provides an additional perspective that complements the couple’s careful observations and experiences throughout the memoir.
Together, Powell and Doniach document subjects that range from French administrative procedures and healthcare systems to language learning, neighborhood life, housing transitions, and community involvement. Their experiences are presented through concise narrative entries that emphasize observation, context, and firsthand experience.
Originally written as a blog to keep family and friends informed during their years in France, the writings received an enthusiastic response from readers. Encouragement from a friend led Barbara Powell and Joseph Doniach to develop the material into a memoir that preserves the chronology of their relocation while providing a detailed record of adapting to life in another country.
Finding Our Way in France: An American Couple’s Life in Lyon is available in print and digital formats worldwide.
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Contact Person: Barbara Powell and Joe Doniach
Company Name: FINDING OUR WAY IN FRANCE – AN AMERICAN COUPLE’S LIFE IN LYON
Website: https://findingourwayinfrance.com/
