Michael Morgan, an English teacher, is disillusioned with his life and career in England. He decides to train to become a French teacher in hopes of making a fresh start. However, his personal life and work continue to be troubled. He is given an opportunity to teach English in France, which could allow him to fully leave his past behind. However, he worries he is actually running away from his own problems rather than escaping his current situation. The document is about an English man named Barry Whittingham who moved to France after graduating with a degree in French. He realized a career in beer was not for him and became a French teacher instead. He enjoyed teaching in France so much that he decided to permanently relocate

1. CALL OF FRANCE
1 – Barfield School
‘Twenty years from now you will be more
disappointed by the things you didn’t do than
by the ones you did do. So throw off the
bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch
the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover.’
H. Jackson Brown Jr ; P.S. I love you.

2. CALL OF FRANCE
1 - Barfield School
‘Would this loathsome inner creature which
had poisoned his past and was now infecting
the present leave its slimy traces on his
future?’

3. CALL OF FRANCE
1 – Barfield School
Disappointing academic results, an unfortunate
first love and a negative first job experience all
go to make Michael Morgan deeply
disillusioned with the path his life has taken. He
decides to train to be a French teacher. But at
home the atmosphere is poisoned, his work
becomes tedious, and his disastrous
management of relations with two female
colleagues leads to disturbing repercusions …
and tragedy strikes. He longs to wipe the slate
of his past clean by making a fresh start to life
in France. And then he’s given the chance to
immerse himself in an exciting venture. Should
he stay in England or pursue his French dream?
But is it himself he’s running away from?

4. Barry A. Whittingham
On graduating with a bachelor degree in French Language and Literature Barry
stepped innocently into the world of work as an area supervisor for a large
brewery. He quickly realized, however, that a career in beer wasn’t quite his cup of
tea and went back to university to train as a teacher. After two years teaching in a
secondary school he successfully applied to spend a year as an English teacher in a
lycée as part of an official exchange scheme. It proved such a fascinating, mind-
opening experience that he decided to make France his permanent home. It was a
decision he’s never regretted. Barry has now retired from the English teaching,
translation and interpreting business he set up more than 40 years ago and divides
his time between golf, gardening, foreign travel, 19th century French, English and
American fiction … and, of course, creative writing. He lives a quiet,
contemplative life with his French partner, Renée, in the mountains of the Jura
region of Eastern France.
Barfield School is a dramatized portrayal of some of the things which led the
author to become a longstanding expat in a country he’s always felt an irresistible
attraction for.

5. François Théodore Thistlethwaite’s
FRENGLISH THOUGHTS
Barry A. Whittingham is also the non-fiction author
of François Théodore Thistlethwaite’s
FRENGLISH THOUGHTS.
Born of an English father and French mother
François Théodore Thistlethwaite is a split-
identity 'Frenglishman'. Any one of his three
alter egos - François, the Marxist Frenchman,
his ultra-conservative English brother,
Thistlethwaite, or Théodore, their philosophical
middle voice of reason - can be invested with
possession of the whole to expound his
thoughts on the English and French, 'physically
separated by just a narrow stretch of shallow
brine but mentally a vast ocean apart'. This
collection of seriously humorous essays is
illustrated by a variety of amusing anecdotes
drawn from the author's own experiences and
observations during his more than 40 years of
co-habitation with the French. It contains a
host of reflections on the French and English,
some of which are controversial enough to
shake the very foundations of the Entente
Cordiale.
An indispensable guide to anyone wishing to
gain a better understanding of the English and
French in their daily lives.

6. Contact
If you’d like to get better acquainted with Barry and read some of
his Frenglish blogs you can visit him at:
http://www.calloffrance.com
http://www.frenglishthoughts.com
Barry’s books are available for preview and purchase in Kindle or
paperback version at:
http://amazon.com/-/e/B00ACXK28K
They can also be previewed and purchased in their Ebook, Mobi
and PDF version at:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/594726
Barry is also present on the following social media:
Twitter: @barryawhitt and @frengthoughts
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CALL-OF-FRANCE-
453351188158884/
Linkedin: https://fr.linkedin.com/in/barry-a-whittingham-
0a780321
Google+: google.com/+WhittinghamBarrySaintClaude
And why not drop him a line at: contact@frenglishthoughts com