by Janice MacLeod
narrated by Tavia Gilbert
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Published: 2014
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Genre: Memoir, Art, France, Paris
Paperback: 272
Rating: 5
series:
Paris Letters
A Paris Year
First sentence(s):
I'm in love with the butcher," I told Summer.
Finding love and freedom in a pen, a paintbrush...and Paris
How much money does it take to quit your job?
Exhausted and on the verge of burnout, Janice poses this questions to herself as she doodles on a notepad at her desk. Surprisingly, the answer isn't as daunting as she expected. With a little math and a lot of determination, Janice cuts back, saves up, and buys herself two years of freedom in Europe.
A few days into her stop in Paris, Janice meets Christophe, the cute butcher down the street-who doesn't speak English. Through a combination of sign language and franglais, they embark on a whirlwind Paris romance. She soon realizes that she can never return to the world of twelve-hour workdays and greasy corporate lingo. But her dwindling savings force her to find a way to fund her dreams again. So Janice turns to her three loves-words, art, and Christophe-to figure out a way to make her happily-ever-after in Paris last forever.
My two-bits:
LOVED this memoir of making it in Paris with romance to boot.
Artwork: July in Paris letter available at Etsy shop
* New York Times bestseller, 2015
* Listened to audiobook version.
* part of Paris in July (here)
