Paummi's life at 35 had not turned out at all how she had imagined it. Instead of being a blissfully married mother of two, she lives with her toxic ex-girlfriend, works two jobs, and is about to spend her spring break traveling with a group of middle-school students. At least the trip will take her to France, a country that she had fallen in love with as a teenager. Paummi had planned a lot of what happened that spring-the school trip, a change of jobs, and finally moving out of the house and away from her ex-girlfriend. What she hadn't planned was everything that actually ended up happening-falling in love with Jeanmi, the bus driver, making the decision to leave her life in America to start a new one in France, and moving not to Paris or Aix-en-Provence but to a village of seven hundred inhabitants high in the southern French Alps. From a broken statue in Nice through Provence and the Loire Valley to the charm the City of Lights and finally to the village of Saint Crépin, The American and the Bus Driver tells the story of Paummi and Jeanmi's chance encounter and destiny's role in creating an outcome that was completely different from the one that either of them expected.

Paummi Sarrazin, a seasoned French teacher, has led a life bridging two continents. At 13, she first moved to France and fell in love with its culture, returning for a more permanent stay at 35. Despite her global travels, she feels most at home in the French Alpine village of Saint Crépin, where she lives with her husband, son, and two dogs. 'The American and the Bus Driver' is Paummi's debut novel, capturing her unique journey. Between writing and contemplating her next book, she immerses herself in cooking, hiking, kayaking, and reading.