For a wide audience of students and scholars of second-language learning and cultural identity, this book relates the author's stories about how languages have integrated her being, defined and formed her sense of self.

Contents: S. Benesch, Foreword. Preface. My French Self. Confessions of a Synesthete. "Magister of the Game." Messengers and Mediators. French Connection. Language Acquisition by Stomach. My Italian Self. American Diary. Healing. French Disease. Driver's License. Frank or Pete? Interculture. Russian as a Second Language.